Refer to the Figure

question 18

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure. The activities of the nitrogen cycle, as represented in the figure, are

• A) nearly all initiated by human activities.
• B) nearly all initiated by bacterial activities.
• C) chemical, rather than biological, in nature.
• D) biotic and relatively unimportant to the nitrogen cycle.
• E) abiotic and relatively unimportant to the nitrogen cycle.

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