Across
- 5. the organism that is responsible for fixing nitrogen
- 6. animals get nitrogen by ______ plants
- 7. nitrogen is change into two forms plants can use, nitrites and _____.
- 10. too much nitrous oxide in the air can cause this
- 11. nitrogen needs to be ____ for plants to be able to use it
- 13. nitrogen-fixers can live on this part of plants
- 14. the process when plants absorb nitrogen from the soil
Down
- 1. nitrogen in the air is not _____ to plants
- 2. the process when extra nitrogen in the soil is released back into the air
- 3. this adds too much nitrogen to the ground and hurts the nitrogen cycle
- 4. animals help put nitrogen into the soil through their _____ products
- 8. nitrogen goes through many of these during the nitrogen cycle
- 9. a colorless, odorless gas that makes up about 78% of our atmosphere
- 12. nitrogen is important in living things to help make this
