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Amoeba Sisters Video Recap: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle
1. Carbon is a very important element in biology. What are some of the reasons that organisms need carbon?
Plants need oxygen to live
2. Nitrogen is a very important element in biology. What are some of the reasons that organisms need nitrogen?
The reason nitrogen is so important is because it contains Protein and nucleic acids
3. Nitrogen gas is more abundant in our atmosphere than oxygen! However, nitrogen needs to be converted into different forms to be used by many organisms. Bacteria are highly involved in this. Describe the role of: a. Bacteria fixing nitrogen as they live symbiotically with legumes
The bacteria in the ground fixes the nitrogen
b. Nitrifying bacteria
Same thing as A
c. Denitrifying bacteria
This makes the fixed nitrogen
4. The flow of matter through the carbon and nitrogen cycle can be disrupted! The video explained an example in both the carbon and the nitrogen cycle. Pick one of these and describe how this disruption could impact the cycling. (3-5 sentences)
It could impact it because it would cause a major disruption. Then it would be really bad
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5. Imagine you are explaining the carbon cycle to a 1st grade student. The student asks, "I heard that elements like carbon cycle like the water cycle. How does the carbon cycle work? How is it similar to the water cycle?" Remember, this first grader doesn't know much about science, so keep it simple! (5-7 sentences)
an lot of the same trates.
It could impact it because it would cause a major disruption. Then it would be really bad