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NTI Nitrogen Cycle

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which process allows nitrogen to get back into the Nitrogen cycle?
a.
Ammonification
c.
Fixation
b.
Assimilation
d.
Nitrification
 

 2. 

Which human activity has affected the Nitrogen cycle?
a.
deforestation
c.
using fertilizers
b.
burning fossil fuels
d.
strip mining
 

 3. 

Which of the following help Nitrogen change between states so it can be used by living things?
a.
fungi
c.
plants
b.
lightning
d.
bacteria
 

 4. 

The absorption of Nitrogen in plants is called
a.
assimilation
c.
fixation
b.
ammonification
d.
denitrification
 

 5. 

Which of the following biomolecules does not require nitrogen?
a.
proteins
c.
fats
b.
DNA
d.
chlorophyll
 

 6. 

The first step in making nitrogen useful for plants is
a.
assimilation
c.
nitrification
b.
ammonification
d.
fixation
 

 7. 

Which form of nitrogen is absorbed by plants?
a.
NH4
c.
N2
b.
NO3
d.
NO2
 

 8. 

Which of the following is the state of Nitrogen in the atmosphere?
a.
NO2
c.
NH4
b.
N2
d.
NO3
 



 
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