Section 2.3: Cycling of Matter Vocab Flashcards
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matter
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anything that takes up space and has mass
2
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nutrient
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a chemical substance that an organism must obtain from its environment to sustain life and undergo life processes
3
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biogeochemical cycle
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the exchange of matter through the biosphere
4
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nitrogen fixation
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the process of capture and conversion of nitrogen into a form that is useable by plants
5
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denitrification
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the process by which soil bacteria convert fixed nitrogen compounds back into nitrogen gas, which returns it to the atmosphere
