
Nitrogen Cycle Vocabulary
Authored by Joyce Moore
Science
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
The movement of nitrogen through the food chain from simple inorganic (not made from living things) compounds into complex organic (made from living things) compounds.
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Fixation
Nitrogen Cycle
Decomposers
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 11 pts
The process of converting nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonia or organic nitrogen compounds.
Nitrogen Fixation
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Nitrification
Nitrogen Cycle
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 11 pts
Microbes that convert nitrogen from the atmosphere into compounds that plants can use.
Eutrophication
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Nitrogen Fixation
Nitrogen Cycle
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 11 pts
A process that occurs when there is an excess of nutrients, particularly nitrogen, in bodies of water like lakes, rivers, and oceans.
Eutrophication
Ammonification
Nitrification
Denitrification
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 11 pts
An important element in ecosystems. It makes up almost 80% of Earth’s atmosphere and is required by organisms to make proteins.
Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen
Decomposers
Nitrification
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 11 pts
The process of converting ammonia into the easily absorbable form of nitrogen that is nitrate and nitrites
Ammonification
Nitrification
Eutrophication
Denitrification
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 11 pts
The process by which denitrifying bacteria convert nitrate into gaseous forms of nitrogen, such as nitrous oxide (N2O) or nitrogen gas (N2). This process can happen quickly, causing large amounts of N2 to be lost from the soil and end up in the atmosphere.
Denitrification
Nitrogen Fixation
Decomposers
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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