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What are the bumps called that fix nitrogen on the roots of certain plants?
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∙ 12y ago
These bumps are called nodules
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Some bacteria that fix nitrogen live in bumps on the roots of certain plants. These bumps are called?
nodules
What are Bacteria bumps on roots that turn air into a form of nitrogen that plants can use is called what type of relationship?
"symbiotic"
What is the diffrence between fixed nitrogen and free nitrogen?
OK well free nitrogen is fixed by bacteria that live in the soil. some bacteria live in nodules, or bumps , on certain plant roots. the bacteria get food from the plants, and plants absorb fixed nitrogen from the bacteria. animals get nitrogen by eating plants or by eating prey that have eaten plants. fixed nitrogen may enter the soil in other ways too. a small amount of free nitrogen in the air by lighting. it is carried to the ground by rainfall. fixed nitrogen also enters the soil because of decomposers. decomposers break down dead organisms, and fixed nitrogen is released in the soil. the fixed nitrogen can be absorbed by plant roots.
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Bumps
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Clostridium Tetani
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They are called milk glands(bumps) prepares baby's milk
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