Dead plants, dead animals, animal waste, nitric acid rain (made by lightning and the spark when starting a car), and nitrogen fixing bacteria (e.g. rhizobuim).
idsloving it in soil
1. lightning makes nitrates from nitrogen and oxygen in the air. the nitrates then get washed into the soil by rain. 2. animal and plants decompose- depositing organic nitrogen into the soil
nitrogen cycle
Nitrates and Oxygen
nitrates are soluable therefor become a solution when mixed with water!
idsloving it in soil
Soil nitrates are replaced in various ways. One of the most common ways to replace soil nitrate is by suing synthetic fertilizers.
Nitrates and potassium contained in the soil from rotting vegetation and other sources of fertiliser.
1. lightning makes nitrates from nitrogen and oxygen in the air. the nitrates then get washed into the soil by rain. 2. animal and plants decompose- depositing organic nitrogen into the soil
It is possible you may mean CALICHE. If so, it is a very hard, cemented soil that, depending on where you are, may contain carbonates or nitrates.
They absorb them from the soil where they grow.
nitrogen cycle
Acid rain contains nitrates, as does some runoff water from fertilized soil.
Nitrates are used as sources of metal ions because all metal nitrates are soluble in water. This is very useful for metals such as lead and silver whose compounds are usually insoluble.
Nitrates and Oxygen
lightning and/or soil in the ground
Rhizobium