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| 285314239 | abiotic | nonliving, physical features of the environment, including air, water, sunlight, soil, temperature, and climate | |
| 285314240 | ammonia | a small, very toxic molecule made up of three hydrogen atoms and one nitrogen atom; produced by nitrogen fixation and as a metabolic waste product of protein and nucleic acid metabolism. | |
| 285314241 | ammonification | decomposers convert organic waste into ammonia | |
| 285314242 | ammonium | NH4+ | |
| 285314243 | assimilation | changing absorbed substances into chemically different forms | |
| 285314244 | carbon dioxide (CO2) | a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances | |
| 285314245 | cyanobacteria | group of prokaryotes that generate oxygen as a waste product of their photosynthesis (blue-green algae) | |
| 285314246 | decomposer | organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter | |
| 285314247 | denitrification | process in which fixed nitrogen compounds are converted back into nitrogen gas and returned to the atmosphere | |
| 285314248 | legumes | a group of plants part of nitrogen cycle; convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into a form that plants can use (beans) | |
| 285314249 | nitrification | the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants) | |
| 285314250 | sink | any part of a plant that stores sugars produced during photosynthesis |
