Which of the following statements about the nitrogen cycle is false? Nitrogen fixing bacteria convert nitrogen gas (N,) into compounds for use in terrestrial food webs..

Nitrification by bacteria converts nitrates (NO3-) to nitrites (NO2-).

Ammonification converts organic nitrogenous matter from living organisms into ammonium (NH4+).

Denitrification by bacteria converts nitrates (NO3-) to nitrogen gas (N2).​

The fish shown above is a tarpon. it is a fast-swimming and powerful open-water fish. its closest relatives, oddly, are burrow-dwelling conger eels that stay on the bottom. both eels and tarpon developed from snake-like larvae that float in the plankton during the first stages of life. once they mature, tarpon and eels are not found near one another in the ocean. the tarpon and the eel illustrate all of the following except