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- 4. Plants and animals need this element to make DNA, amino acids and proteins.
- 8. the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
- 9. the total amount of living matter in a given unit area
- 11. a biogeochemical process through which nitrogen is converted into many forms
- 12. the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
- 14. 97% of the earth's water is
- 16. the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment.
- 18. change into gas or steam
- 19. A chemical element that is essential to all living things
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- 1. Plants can change carbon dioxide to carbohydrates by
- 2. the process of removing the nitrates or nitrites from (soil, air, or water) by chemical reduction.
- 3. a periodically repeated sequence of events
- 5. the process of converting (ammonia or another nitrogen compound) into nitrites or nitrates.
- 6. the falling to earth of any form of water
- 7. a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen (N 2) in the air is converted into ammonia
- 9. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms.
- 10. This is the largest reservoir of carbon on Earth.
- 13. Most of water on Earth is
- 15. the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7.
- 17. decomposition with production of ammonia or ammonium compounds
