Nitrogen compounds are often used as fertilizers to increase plant growth.
sometimes there is much more nitrogen than plants need. what happens to
most of this excess nitrogen?
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a. it ends up in the ocean, where it feeds algal blooms.
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b. it moves into the air during transpiration in the plants.
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c. it changes into harmless compounds used by bacteria.
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d. it remains in the soil until it is used by other plants.
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the correct answer is b. a strong acid completely dissociates to its ions when dissolved in water. completely dissociates to and ions. a is incorrect because does not fully ionize to and ions and some remain as the compound . c and d are incorrect because, and do not fall into the category of bronsted lowry acids. a bronsted lowry acid is a proton donor and since both molecules do not have a proton to donate they are not bronsted lowry acids. likewise,   if we use the lewis acid definition, they cannot be acids. a lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor. both and have a complete octet so can not accept any electrons which disqualifies them as acids.

plasma - state of matter made up of electrically charged particles