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.
