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Which is not a pathway by which plants obtain atmospheric nitrogen?
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Which is not a pathway by which plants obtain nitrogen in a usable form?
photosynthesis
How do plants and animals differ in the ways they obtain nitrogen?
Plants get it from bacteria which live associated with their roots who take atmospheric nitrogen and fixate it (nitrogen cycle). Animals can only get it by ingesting organic compounds which contain nitrogen, such as plants and other animals which have eaten plants.
How do rhizobacteria help plants?
Plants can not use atmospheric nitrogen. Rhizobacteria fixes atmospheric nitrogen into nitrate.plant can utilize nitrate in their metabolism.thus fertility of the soil is maintained.
How do consumers obtain nitrogen?
Plants take in nitrogen from their roots then the consumers eat the plants.
How does atmospheric nitrogen become usable for plants and animals?
nitrogen fixing bacteria
How atmospheric nitrogen enters the soil?
Typically, atmospheric nitrogen gets into the soil by nitrogen-fixing bacteria that are symbiotic with such plants as clover, soybeans and alfalfa. Bacteria in the plant extract nitrogen from the air, and when the plants die, the nitrogen remains in the soil as the plant decays.
What do bacteria do in nitrogen fixation?
Bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into a nitrogen-containing ion that plants can absorb.
How do plants get atmospheric nitrogen?
some plants have bacteria in their roots which contain nitrogen when plants want nitrogen they exchange their food made them with nitrogen. Example: pea plants contain bacteria called rhizobium which contains nitrogen
How do animal obtain nitrogen?
Animals obtain nitrogen by eating plants which have absorbed nitrogen from the soil.
What are plant nodules?
they are found on the roots of plants and are grouping of bacteria that help convert atmospheric nitrogen to nitrogen plants can utilize
What are two ways that nitrogen is fixed so plants can use it?
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.
In what form do plants use nitrogen so they can make protein?
Plants can not absorb atmospheric elemental Nitrogen (N2). The nitrogen must be bound to carbon or hydrogen atoms such as ammonia (NH3), or Urea (NH2)2CO. Nitrogen Fixing Plants such as clover have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria on their root system that convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to forms that the plants can use.
