Scientists who study biogeochemical cycles often use the term fixation to describe converting an element from gaseous form in the atmosphere to solid form in the biosphere. For example, in the nitrogen cycle, bacteria are said to fix nitrogen by converting N2 gas into nitrates and nitrites in the soil that are later used to make organic macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. There are many processes involved in cycling carbon, but only one is able to fix carbon from its gaseous form in the atmosphere to solid form in the biosphere. Which process performs carbon fixation

Listed in the item bank are some key terms and expressions associated with the categories seen in the venn diagram. to find out more information about items, some have more details available when you click on them. drag and drop each item onto the proper area of the diagram. if an item describes more than one category, be sure to place it in the overlapping space. viruses are tiny infectious pathogens that cause many different diseases, such as polio, and the flu. though they are similar to one celled organisms in some ways, in many ways they are very different. use the venn diagram below to show the similarities and differences between viruses and living organisms.