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What form must nitrogen take before plants and animals can use it?
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoNitrate is the most common form of nitrogen useful to plants, but they can also use ammonium nitrogen and organic nitrogen.
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Can humans get the nitrogen they need to exist in the air?
Plants and animals die and decomposers break down their nitrogen containing molecules to ammonia. All animals get the nitrogen they need by eating plants, by eating other animals that ate plants, or by eating animals that ate animals that ate plants.
What chemical form is nitrogen obtained by plants?
Nitrogen is obtained by the plants in the mineral form.
How do animals obtain their nitrogen requirements?
Nitrogen is found in all living systems as part of the makeup of biological compounds. Animals obtain the nitrogen they need by eating plants, or by eating other animals that have eaten plants.
Plant and animals can not use the nitrogen that makes up?
The atmospheric nitrogen. This is a diatomic and triple bonded form of nitrogen that can not be metabolized by organisms other than some bacteria which convert it into usable form for plants.
In what form do plants absorb nitrogen?
Nitrogen is needed for all life forms, including plants. Plants absorb nitrogen from soil through their roots in the form of nitrate and ammonia.
What must happen to nitrogen before plants and animal can use it?
Nitrogen must be in the compound form before it is used by plants or animals
Can nitrogen in soil be used by plants or animals?
Nitrogen is everywhere But somehow, nitrogen has to get from the atmosphere into a form that our body can use.I also think that nitrogen in soil can be used by plants not animals
Can humans get the nitrogen they need to exist in the air?
Plants and animals die and decomposers break down their nitrogen containing molecules to ammonia. All animals get the nitrogen they need by eating plants, by eating other animals that ate plants, or by eating animals that ate animals that ate plants.
What type of organism is able to covert free nitrogen from the atmosphere to form that is usable for animals?
Nitrogen fixing bacteria will enable some plants to convert atmospheric oxygen to a form that can be used by plants. The plants are then eaten by animals.
What must happen for plants to use nitrogen in the atmosphere?
Fixation
How does nitrogen become part of proteins in living things?
Nitrogen is present in amino acids which form proteins. All plants and animals need nitrogen for growth.
What chemical form is nitrogen obtained by plants?
Nitrogen is obtained by the plants in the mineral form.
How do animals obtain their nitrogen requirements?
Nitrogen is found in all living systems as part of the makeup of biological compounds. Animals obtain the nitrogen they need by eating plants, or by eating other animals that have eaten plants.
Why can't animals use nitrogen in the air?
Because the nitrogen in the air is in a form not usable to animals and plants. The only way animals get nitrogen to build protein and nucleic acid is by eating it. This is usually through plants, which get there nitrogen from the soil. They get it from the soil cuz bacteria in the soil turn the atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form. In a water ecosystem cyanobacteria a.k.a. blue-green algae transform the nitrogen from the atmosphere into usable forms of nitrate
Plant and animals can not use the nitrogen that makes up?
The atmospheric nitrogen. This is a diatomic and triple bonded form of nitrogen that can not be metabolized by organisms other than some bacteria which convert it into usable form for plants.
Describe the nitrogen cycle and explain why it is important for the survival?
The nitrogen cycle is how nitrogen moves between plants, animals, bacteria, the atmosphere, and the soil. In each phase, it is in a different form.
When there is not enough nitrogen in the atmosphere for plants how do the plants get it?
Plants do not actually get their nitrogen from the atmosphere. They get it in compounds in the soil through their roots. Some plants form symbiotic relationships with bacteria in the soil. The bacteria draw nitrogen from the air and form nitrogen compounds. The plants can then use the nitrogen.
