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The only forms of nitrogen compounds that living things can make use of are ammonia compounds and nitrate compounds.These are called "fixed nitrogen".
Animals obtain the nitrogen they need from proteins in the plants and/or animals they eat. Proteins are amino acid polymers and amino acids are built around an ammonia group.
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∙ 13y agoPlants cannot use atmospheric nitrogen. Only bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen.
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∙ 11y agolightning, and nitrogen fixing bacteria break down organisms and create pneumonia and relaese it into the air and soil, where plants take it in.
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What are the two ways nitrogen can be fixed?
Bacteria and Lighting
What is nitrogen changed into before being used by living things?
lightning & bacterial action (nitrogen fixers).
Two ways by which plants get nitrogen compounds?
Some essential nitrogen compounds can be absorbed by plants from the soil in which they grow. the nitrogen compounds can be provided to the soil by nitrogen-fixing bacteria living in association with the plants and/or from fertilizers. Some nitrogen compounds can also be input to the soil from lightning strikes that provide activation energy to facilitate the reaction of atmospheric nitrogen to produce absorbable nitrogen compounds that can be carried into soil by rain.
What are two forms of fixed nitrogen?
oxygen and dioxide
What two ways humans impact the nitrogen cycle?
Humans impact the nitrogen cycle by making fertilizers and burning fossil fuels, which alter the amount of fixed nitrogen our ecosystems.
What are the two ways nitrogen can be fixed?
Bacteria and Lighting
What are two major ways in which nitrogen is fixed in ecosystems?
Two major ways whereby nitrogen is fixed in ecosystems are through rainfall and through leguminous crops.
What is nitrogen changed into before being used by living things?
lightning & bacterial action (nitrogen fixers).
How do thunderstorms help in converting nitrogen to nitrates?
The short answer is yes. I am not sure about the amount but there are only two ways nature converts N2 into a form of nitrogen that is usable by plants. The two ways are microorganisms and lightning. I believe bacteria are the main nitrogen fixers, but there might also be some algae that convert nitrogen as well. We have also mastered fixing N2, the process is the Haber- Bosh process.
What are two ways nitrogen becomes usable two plants humans and animals?
Amino acids, proteins and DNA.
Two ways by which plants get nitrogen compounds?
Some essential nitrogen compounds can be absorbed by plants from the soil in which they grow. the nitrogen compounds can be provided to the soil by nitrogen-fixing bacteria living in association with the plants and/or from fertilizers. Some nitrogen compounds can also be input to the soil from lightning strikes that provide activation energy to facilitate the reaction of atmospheric nitrogen to produce absorbable nitrogen compounds that can be carried into soil by rain.
What are two forms of fixed nitrogen?
oxygen and dioxide
What are two functions of plants and animals in the nitrogen?
plants and animals
What two ways humans impact the nitrogen cycle?
Humans impact the nitrogen cycle by making fertilizers and burning fossil fuels, which alter the amount of fixed nitrogen our ecosystems.
What are two ways nitrogen from the air changed into usable nitrogen?
lightning & bacterial action (nitrogen fixers).
How does Nitrogen from the Atmosphere the Abiotic part of the ecosystem Converted in to the biotic part of the ecosystem In Organisms?
By lightening and by nitrogen fixing bacteria in the roots of certain plants (eg the legumes).
What are two ways of adding nitrogen to the soil without the use of artificial fertilizers?
Blood meal or fall time cover crop such as clover
