Nitrogen fixation and denitrification are
A) different words for the same process.
B) processes that have opposite effects.
C) different processes that both remove nitrogen from the atmosphere.
D) different processes that both emit nitrogen into the atmosphere.
E) different processes that both move nitrogen from the land to the oceans.

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Nitrogen fixation is the process by which certain bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that plants can use. Denitrification is the process by which other bacteria convert nitrates back into atmospheric nitrogen. Therefore, nitrogen fixation and denitrification have opposite effects.

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