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Organized Life
Nitrogen Anyone?
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The Carbon Cycle
The Phosphorus Cycle
100
All life is organized and recycles __________?
What is nutrients
100
All ife requires nitrogen compounds to build ________ and _________ _________.
What are proteins and nucleic acids
100
In atmospheric nitrogen fixation this is what actually "fixes" the nitrogen in the atmosphere into a usable form
What is lightening
100
All living things contain _____ in one form or another
What is carbon
100
The sphere in which the phosphorus cycle does not occur
What is the atmosphere
200
The category that contains all life on Earth
What is the biosphere
200
Most nitrogen is found in the ________
What is the atmosphere
200
In biological nitrogen fixation microbes have a _________ relationship with plants and animals in order to fix nitrogen into a usable form.
What is symbiotic
200
How do humans affect the carbon cycle?
What is burning fossil fuels
200
Where phosphorus is mainly found
What is rocks and soil
300
The smallest unit in the Organization of Life Pyramid
What is cells
300
The type of organism that plays a key role in the nitrogen cycle
What is bacteria (microorganisms)
300
Industrial nitrogen fixation is the process of creating _________.
What is fertilizer
300
The process where plants take carbon from the air into their leaves
What is photosynthesis
300
The three things humans and animals need phosphorus for
What is bones, teeth, ATP
400
The technical name for matter or nutrient cycles
What is biogeochemical cycles
400
The process of changing atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form
What is nitrogen fixation
400
The process where ammonia is directly taken up by plants and converted to nitrates
What is nitrification
400
The process when animals release carbon from their breath into the air
What is respiration?
400
In terms of how long it takes to cycle through the phosphorus cycle is a _______ cycle
What is slow
500
Matter can't be created or destroyed is stated in this scientific law
What is the Law of Conservation of Matter
500
The three types of nitrogen fixation
What is atmospheric, biological, industrial
500
The process of removing nitrogen from the atmosphere, passing it through the ecosystem and back into the atmosphere
What is de-nitrification
500
The process where eroding rocks release carbon into the air or water
What is weathering
500
The process of rotting/decaying organisms releasing phosphorus into the soil
What is decomposition