Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
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Objective
I can describe how carbon and nitrogen move through the environment.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Carbon and nitrogen are two major elements that compost supplies plants with, and both are very important for life.
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Carbon cycles through reservoirs such as the ocean, rocks, fossil fuels, living organisms, and the atmosphere.
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Nitrogen is fixed by bacteria into forms like ammonia and ammonium, which plants can then use.
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Practice
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Why is carbon considered a versatile element?
Name three major carbon reservoirs.
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“Describe one way that carbon moves from the atmosphere to a living organism, and one way that nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to a living organism.”
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