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3.4.6 - Recycled Chemical Elements Flashcards

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Legumes definition

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Plants that have root nodules

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Example of a legume

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Alfa Alfa

Beans

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Nitrification

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Ammonia –> Nitrites –> Nitrates

Carried out by nitrifying bacteria

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Ammonification definition

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Amino acids –> Ammonia
Decomposers decay the excretory products and detritus (dead material) into ammonia
By saprobiotic fungi and bacteria

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Denitrification definition

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Nitrates –> Nitrogen by denitrifying bacteria, who prefer anaerobic conditions

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Nitrogen fixation definition

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Nitrogen reacts with hydrogen to form ammonia, carried out by nitrogen fixing bacteria

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