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What is the term for the process of converting ammonia into nitrates?
ANitrification
BDenitrification
CAmmonification
DNitrogen fixation
✓ Correct Answer: A — Nitrification
Nitrification is the biological oxidation of ammonia to nitrite followed by the oxidation of the nitrite to nitrate.
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