Answer these questions:

1. What is produced during the thunderstorms?

2. What happens to nitrogen dioxide as rain falls?
3. What occurs prior to the decay of organisms?
4. What follows the decay of organism?
5. What occurs after ammonia has entered the soil and before the formation of nitrates?
6. What happens while dead organisms are dying?
7. What happens while dead organisms are decaying?
8. What happens to nitrites following the action of bacteria?
9. What do animals do after eating?

THEORY-BUILDING
Theory-building is a process which never stops. It begins with problems and questions: Why do certain
things happen? Why are certain things the way they are ? As soon as the questions are asked, the
people who ask them start collecting facts that might possibly help to answer the questions. Then,
when some facts have been collected, they try to build theory that explains those facts. After a possible
theory has been built, it is tested to see if it can explain new facts. It must be able to explain facts
which were not previously used to make the theory. If the theory does not explain new facts
successfully, it is accepted. I fit does not do so, or if it only explains the facts in a poor way, It is either
abandoned and a new one is made (if one can be found), or Changes are made to the theory. Then the
new theory or the changed theory is tested again on more new facts.
After an acceptable theory has been developed, it can be used in either of two ways: to explain
difficult facts, or to make real plans to solve problems in one's work.
Finally, the process of looking at the facts, building a theory, and using the theory to solve real
problems, will almost always raise new questions and problems which were not previously thought of.
And the process of collecting relevant facts and building theories to explain facts will start all over
again. This is why the theory-building process is continuous; it never ends.

Use the sentences below [a – g] to complete the now chart.

a. Find a new theory or change.
b. Develop a theory which explains the facts.
c. You are faced with problems and questions.
d. Test the theory on new facts.
e. The theory is not accepted.
f. Apply the theory to difficult facts, or use it to make real plans for solving problems in one's work.
g. Gather and examine relevant fact.