Abbreviations
The name of N2
What is atmospheric nitrogen?
Series of actions that lead to a certain result.
What is process?
The process where atmospheric nitrogen becomes ammonium, something plants can use.
What is nitrogen fixation?
____________ is the process that converts ammonia into atmospheric nitrogen.
What is assimilation?
________ are microscopic organisms that help in the nitrogen cycle.
What is bacteria?
The name of N20
What is nitrogenous oxide?
The number of types of fixation
Is it 3?
Energy from lightning breaks N2 molecules apart, then combines with oxygen.
What is atmospheric nitrogen?
______________ is part of the decay and waste process. Decomposes like fungi an bacteria turn N2 back into ammonia.
What is ammonification?
Humans are using fertilizer to the point of over-fixation, which comes back to us as cancer and respiratory issues. (Yes or no answer)
Is it yes?
The name of NH3
What is ammonia?
A place where anything is stored.
What is reservoir?
Fixation caused by certain conditions in industrial plants
________ ________ is the process when N2 molecules break apart and combine with other atoms to make either ammonia or NH2.
What is nitrogen fixation?
Humans are at least partially responsible for fish-kill events, algal blooms, and changes in species. (Yes or no answer)
The name of NO2
What is nitrites?
The number of processes in the nitrogen cycle
Is it 5?
Fixation caused by Free-Living bacteria in the soil.
What is biological fixation?
The three types of fixation (3 answers needed!)
What are atmospheric fixation, industrial fixation, and biological fixation?
____ is made from nitric oxides and nitrogenous oxides.
What is smog?
The name of NO3
What is nitrates?
Lightning is in either atmospheric fixation or industrial.
What is atmospheric fixation?
_____________ is the process where, underground, bacteria combine ammonia with oxygen to make nitrites. _______________ is the process that reverses the first process to make atmospheric nitrogen from nitrates. (2 answers needed!)
What is nitrification and denitrification?
Name one process in the nitrogen cycle!
What is...
Fixation/nitrification/assimilation/ammonification/ denitrification?
Name one nitrogen reservoir.
What is...
Plants/Animals/Bacteria/Atmosphere/Soil?