The first items in the Biology E/M test are arranged in sets with common answer choices. These items appear in the core section of the test. Remember, these are not MATCHING challenges — each answer choice can be used once, more than once, or not at all.
Organisms that convert nitrogen-containing organic molecules into nitrates
Select an Answer
Decomposers (e.g., bacteria)
Producers (e.g., grasses)
Primary consumers (e.g., mice)
Secondary consumers (e.g., snakes)
Tertiary consumers (e.g., hawks)
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The correct answer is Decomposers (e.g., bacteria). Of the list of organisms given, decomposer bacteria are the only ones that can convert nitrogen-containing organic molecules into ammonia. Ammonia, which is a form of nitrogen-containing molecule, is subsequently converted to nitrate that plants can use to synthesize new organic compounds with nitrifying bacteria.