Question: 1.) Think about this statement: decomposers release some energy that is cycled back to plants. Do…

1.) Think about this statement: decomposers release some energy
that is cycled back to plants. Do you agree or disagree with this
statement? Justify your response.

2.) Why is it that nitrogen is often a limiting plant nutrient,
despite the fact that the atmosphere is 80% nitrogen gas (N2)?

a. Because N2 can only enter leaves through stomata

b. Because N2 easily leaches away from soil

c. Because plants cannot assimilate nitrogen-containing
compounds

d. Because plants cannot fix
N2