Nitrogen cycle Flashcards
79% of atmosphere is
Nitrogen
Not usable as a gas but bacteria that lives in the soil of legume roots fixes from N - N2 - NH3
Nitrogen
Gas to ammonia
Legumes - Peas, clover, beans, nuts
Nodules - Place inside roots where nitrogen fixation lives
Plants and animals absorb and use N
assimilation
Other bacterial species keep moving the N and outs of it into many different molecules
Transfer of nitrogen
Sewage or septic system
Nitrogen waste
Where does nitrogen conversion come from
Decomposers or nitrogen fixing soil bacteria
Plants absorbing nutrients from the soil
Assimilate
Why do plants and animals Lisa nitrogen
To make proteins. And cells
What do plants taken to transfer nitrogen from one living thing to another
nitrates
What are two ways nitrogen can get into the soil
nitrogen turning into nitrates which then gets sucked up by plants
decomposers breaking down decayed turning nitrogen back