Nitrogen Fixation Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: fixed nitrogen : nitrogen in a state where plants can adsorb it, decomposers : organisms that return fixed nitrogen to the soil, symbiosis : a relation where both parties benefit, fertile : describes the amount of nutrients in soil, nitrogen fixation : process that makes nitrogen absorbable, cyanobacteria : free living, nitrogen fixing bacteria that live in soil and water, leaching : process that moves fixed nitrogen from where it originated, nodules : the growths that keep the bacteria in the roots, denitrifiying : bacteria that break down fixed nitrogen, denitrification : process that returns fixed nitrogen to di-nitrogen gas, bacteria : the only organisms that can convert nitrogen, legumes : the plants that can house the bacteria that convert nitrogen, rhizobia : nitrogen fixing bacteria that live in roots, dinitrogen : unfixed nitrogen in gas form.