Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the process of conversion of nitrates into free nitrogen?

  1. nitrification

  2. denitrification

  3. putrefication

  4. ammonification

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Denitrification is the reduction of nitrates back into the largely inert nitrogen gas (N2), completing the nitrogen cycle.

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