Nitrogen Cycle Vocabulary

Question 1

The layers of gases that surround the earth; the air.

Answer 1

Atmosphere

Question 2

A part or element of a larger whole.

Answer 2

Component

Question 3

Water released from clouds in form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth.

Answer 3

Precipitation

Question 4

Held in common by two or more parties

Answer 4

Mutual

Question 5

Relating to or having the characteristics of gas

Answer 5

Gaseous

Question 6

Very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way

Answer 6

Toxic

Question 7

The chemical element of atomic number 7, a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth’s atmosphere

Answer 7

Nitrogen

Question 8

the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among the Nitratmosphere, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems

Answer 8

Nitrogen Cycle