QUIZ – NITROGEN CYCLE

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer.

1. What are the bacteria living in root nodules and soil that take part in converting nitrogen gas
into nitrogen-containing compounds?
a. Nitrobacter
b. Decomposers
c. Nitrosomonas
d. Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
2. It is a stage in the nitrogen cycle in which bacteria act on organic matter and begin to convert it
to a form of nitrogen that plants can utilize.
a. Nitrogen Fixation
b. Nitrification
c. Ammonification
d. Denitrification
3. What is the proper sequence for converting nitrogen compounds during nitrification?
a. Nitrites - Nitrates - Ammonium
b. Ammonium - Nitrates - Nitrites
c. Ammonium - Nitrites – Nitrates
d. None of the above
4. It is a plant with root nodules where a bacteria that assists in nitrogen fixation lives.
a. Legumes
b. Nitrosomonas
c. Angiosperm
d. Aster
5. Nitrogen is an essential component of amino acids and nucleotides to form what?
a. Proteins and Nucleic Acids
b. Carbohydrates and Lipids
c. Proteins and Lipids
d. Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids
6. What is the world's largest natural nitrogen reservoir?
a. Biosphere
b. Geosphere
c. Earth’s atmosphere
d. Hydrosphere
7. How does nitrogen from the atmosphere end up in the ground?
a. Condensation
b. Nitrogen Fixation
c. Precipitation
d. Assimilation
For 8-10. The United Nations Environment Programme divided nitrogen's threats into an acronym of
five: WAGES.
8. W is to Water Pollution, as A is to _______.
a. Algae Blooms
b. Air Quality
c. Air Pollution
d. Aqueduct Baseline Water Depletion
9. G is to __________, as E is to Ecosystems.
a. Gain of Nitrogen
b. Geochemistry
c. Greenhouse Gases
d. Gas Exchange
10. S stands for Stratospheric ozone depletion. In line with the process of ozone depletion, what
chemical compound is 300 times more potent (i.e. warms the atmosphere 300 times more) than
carbon dioxide?
a. Methane
b. Ammonia
c. Nitrous Oxide
d. Nitrite