How does the nitrogen gas in the atmosphere convert to nitrate ions for human and autotroph's uptake?

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Q: Name the non biodegradable pollutant.

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Q: What is Water Pollution and what are the causes and effects of Water Pollution?

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Q: Which two distinct microbial processes are responsible for the release of fixed nitrogen as…

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Q: A chemolithoautotroph is respiring using only iron (Fe3+) and nitrite (NO2-). This bacterium does…

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Q: What is nitrogen assimilation? What is the acceptor molecule? What does it react with? What is the…

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Q: Which of the following types of organisms convert ammonia to proteins? fungi plants nitrogen-fixing…

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Q: Compare the production of N2 gas by denitrification and anammox. Are they both aerobic processes?…

A: Anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) is a reaction that oxidizes ammonium to dinitrogen gas by…

Q: Explain the concept of Water Uptake and Transport ?

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Q: How do you get the nitrogen you need to survive?

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Q: List the major gases and describe microbial requirements for thesegases.

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Q: Is transpiration the onlyway through which leaves losewater?

A: Introduction  Plants spends lots of their energy in water absorption as well as in water…

Q: How is the biogas process from animal excrement to use as electricity or heat?

A: Biomass is an organic matter produced by the plant and its derivatives. Biomass is forest crops,…

Q: Define what a substrate cycle is and how it might be beneficial to an organism.

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Q: Give examples of free-living and symbiotic nitrogen-fixing microorganisms. Are these prokaryotic or…

A: Cell is the basic unit of life. Based on the number of cells an organism may be prokaryotic or…

Q: What product is generated by assimilation in the nitrogen cycle.

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Q: A worker in a cheese-making facility argues that whey, a nutrient-rich by-product of cheese, should…

A: Ans.Whey is a nutrient-rich by-product of cheese production. It is high in proteins, lactose, and…

Q: What are the four ways through which the living organisms respond to abioticfactors?

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Q: From where the exit of waste material is regulated?

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Q: The term BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand): Group of answer choices is a measure of the organic matter…

A: Biological oxygen demand Biochemical oxygen demand or BOD is defined as the amount of dissolved…

Q: Abacteria isolated from Yellowstone National Park is found to use the chemical methane as a food…

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Q: Why is the stringent response typically active during nitrogen starvation but not in response to…

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Q: 1. Shown below are figures of the closed and open structures of the voltage gated potassium channel…

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Q: In terms of the nitrogen cycle and movement of electrons, what is the difference between nitrogen…

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Q: Describe several possible solutions to the problem ofincreased atmospheric CO2.

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Q: Which would you consider to be more of the primary effect of nitrates? To reduce O2 requirement To…

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Q: What is organic waste and why is it importnant to have less organic waste

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Q: A student measure soil nitrate (NO3-) concentrations everyday for a week. He wants to use these data…

A: Nitrification and Denitrification are the two process of Nitrogen cycle.

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Q: Below what water activity do microorganisms cease to grow?

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Q: What effect does acid rain have on the enviorment on a macrocosmic scale?

A: Acid rain occurs as a result of chemical reactions. When compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen…

Q: Which of these are valid sulfur cycle pathways?

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Q: Differentiate between transpiration and evaporation.

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Q: I'm studing Cellular Respiration.  We did a lab.  We had technical difficulties... our CO2 gas…

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Q: does pollutants are transboundary?

A: The pollution that emanates from a specific site is referred to as the point source in this case. A…

Q: Compare CO2 fixation in anammox bacteria and purple sulfurbacteria. What characteristics do these…

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Soil Ecosystem

Soil provides a habitat or living environment for a large number of different species of organisms as well as plants. It provides all the essential nutrients and minerals for plants to grow. All these together form the soil ecosystem.