Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20.3, Problem 1TC
If all of Earth’s nitrogen-fixing prokaryotes were to die suddenly, what would happen to the concentration of nitrogen gas in the atmosphere?
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1) Most of the nitrogen on earth is contained in nitrogen gas in the atmosphere, which of the following orgnisms convert nitrogen to a form accessible to the rest of the biological community ?
A)fungi
B)nitrogen fixing prokaryotes
C) plants
D) nitrogen fixing protists
2)if a meteor impact or volcanic eruption injected a lot of dust into the atmosphere and significantly reduced the sunlight reaching Earth's surface for one year, which of the following marine communitites would be least affected?
A)coral reef
B)estuary
C) intertidal
D) deep -sea-vent
E) wetlands
3)In terrestrial biomes, which factor is dependent on all the others?
A)mineral nutrient availability
B)annual average precipitation
C) soil structure
D)the specific plant and animal species
E) light availability
How would the nitrogen cycle operate in the absence of bacteria and archaeons?
Explain why eukaryotes cannot fix nitrogen.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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