Ammonia Released by Fertilizers and Animal Wastes Affect the Environment

question 51

Multiple Choice

Ammonia released by fertilizers and animal wastes affect the environment by ____.  

• A) combining with sulfur and nitrogen oxides in the air to form salts that end up fertilizing the ground
• B) degrading into nitrites and completing the nitrogen cycle
• C) poisoning rivers and lakes
• D) acidifying oceans
• E) accumulating in animal bodies

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