Ecology unit 1 Atmospheric nitrogen has to be combined with other elements or fixed in order to be used by plants lighting is one way that nitrogen is fixed when lighting occurs the extreme heat breaks the bonds on nitrogen molecules allowing nitrogen to combine with oxygen and form nitrogen oxides in what way is most of the nitrogen fixed by lighting made available for use by plants

What evidence could be used to convince policy makers to change a shipping lane from going through a whale breeding ground? information on the number of all whale species currently alive information on the number of all whales hit by boats in the given area information on the number of whale deaths in the world's oceans information on the number of whale offspring born every year. (a) scientists could collect and combine data on fish populations all around the world to show that their populations are declining. (b) scientists collect and combine data on fish populations all around the world to show that their populations are increasing. (c) scientists work together and use past data to show that fish populations are becoming locally extinct in some areas. (d) scientists work together and use past data to show that some fish populations are adapting to environmental changes.