Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 1, Problem 6RQ
Synthetic (human caused) conversion of nitrogen into more reactive forms now accounts for what percent of all nitrogen fixation?
- A. 1%
- B. 10%
- C. 50%
- D. 90%
- E. 99%
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