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Science Nlodule I

1) A feu, leguminous plants such as beans, air moves in from the atmosphere (high).
peas, and alfalfa, have bacteria residing
However, during exhalation, the ribs and
on their roots that convert nitrogen to diaphragm return to their original resting
compounds used to make plant protein. position. In doing so, they exert pressure
The decay of these plants produces a on the fluid. This pressure is transmitted
reservoir in the soil of nitrogen uniformly by the fluid over the entire
compounds such as nitrates and surface ofthe lungs, forcing air from the
ammonia. inner cavity (high) back out to the
atmospherg (1ow).
2) These nitrogen cr:rnpounds in the soitr
are used by other plants to synthesize Thus, decreasing air pressure can be
proteins. achieved by reducing the difference
between high pressure and low pressure
3) Animals derive nitrogen by feeding
regions.
on plants or their fruits.
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30. c. ti4y droplets of water


4) Soil bacteria feed on dead plant and *'
animal matter, returning the nitrogen
to the soil as nitrates and amrnonia.
Clouds are formed through
condensation, wherein water vapor is
converted to liquid water. Choice B can
5) Other soil bacteria produce NrO and
already be eliminated. It does not
N, which are returned directly to the discuss anything about water which is
atmosphere. the main composition of clouds. Both
choiees (a) water vapor and (d) partially
29. b. a high, a low evaporated water refer to the form of
water in the gaseous form (which is
The principle is best explained by the almost invisible to the naked eye)
mechanisms of breathing - inhalation through the process of evaporation.
and exhalation.

During inhalation, the walls of the chest 31. d. the unequal heating of the earth,s
cavity expand. The rib cage moves surface
outward, and the diaphragm rnoves
downward by stretching taut. In effect, we Winds are caused by the unequal
have enlarged the outer balloon by pulling heating of the earth,s surface. The
it in all directions. This expansion of the atmosphere circulates in vast rivers of
fluid space causes the fluid pressure to a air that cover the globe from the equator
level less than that of two internal air to the poles. This circulation is powered
pressure within the lung (the inner by the energy of the sun. When the sun
balloon). As a result, the wall of the lung is shining, the air touching the land is
is pushed out. As the lung expands, its usually warmer and less dense than air
internal air pressure decreases (ow), and touching the water. But at night, the

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