To ensure adequate nitrogen for a crop, a farmer would want to decrease ______ by soil

Chapter 37, Problem 7

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To ensure adequate nitrogen for a crop, a farmer would want to decrease ______ by soil bacteria. a. cellular respiration b. nitrification c. denitrification 2. Fill in the blanks in the table below summarizing terrestrial nutrient cycles. Testing Your Knowledge Multiple Choice 3. Which of the following groups is absolutely essential to the functioning of an ecosystem? a. producers b. producers and herbivores c. producers, herbivores, and carnivores d. detritivores e. producers and decomposers 4. The open ocean and tropical rain forests contribute the most to Earths net primary production because a. both have high rates of net primary production. b. both cover huge surface areas of Earth. c. nutrients cycle fastest in these two ecosystems. d. the ocean covers a huge surface area and the tropical rain forest has a high rate of production. e. Both a and b are correct. d. nitrogen fixation e. b and d