Nitrogen cycle Flashcards

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1
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79% of atmosphere is

A

Nitrogen

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2
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Not usable as a gas but bacteria that lives in the soil of legume roots fixes from N - N2 - NH3

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Nitrogen

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3
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Gas to ammonia

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Legumes - Peas, clover, beans, nuts

Nodules - Place inside roots where nitrogen fixation lives

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4
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Plants and animals absorb and use N

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assimilation

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5
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Other bacterial species keep moving the N and outs of it into many different molecules

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Transfer of nitrogen

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6
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Sewage or septic system

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Nitrogen waste

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7
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Where does nitrogen conversion come from

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Decomposers or nitrogen fixing soil bacteria

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8
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Plants absorbing nutrients from the soil

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Assimilate

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9
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Why do plants and animals Lisa nitrogen

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To make proteins. And cells

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10
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What do plants taken to transfer nitrogen from one living thing to another

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nitrates

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11
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What are two ways nitrogen can get into the soil

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nitrogen turning into nitrates which then gets sucked up by plants
decomposers breaking down decayed turning nitrogen back

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