answersLogoWhite

0

By digestion, which breaks down the plant proteins into their constituent amino acids (which are made up in part of Nitrogen), and then using those amino acid building blocks to manufacture the specific proteins their own bodies need.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Biology

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.


What happens to the nitrogen compounds that are not absorb by the plants?

A number microbes in the soil, water and air transform these nitrogen compounds


How are plants and nitrogen related?

Plants require nitrogen to grow and be healthy, as it is an essential nutrient for their growth and development. Nitrogen is a key component of chlorophyll, the compound that allows plants to photosynthesize. Some plants can also form symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to access nitrogen from the air or soil.


Why is bacteria critical to nitrogen cycle?

Because nitrifying bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in to chemical compounds. This nitrogen fixed by bacteria is utilized by plants in making proteins. Again several microbes including bacteria decompose organic matter in to inorganic compounds. Thus nitrogen cycle is maintained by the activity of bacteria, hence these are critical to nitrogen cycle.


What nitrogen compounds do plants take in?

the inorganic forms of nitrogen, nitrate and ammonium, are considered to be the two nitrogen compounds which plants take up through their roots and use for their growth.the ability of roots to take up organic nitrogen in the form of amino acids appears to be common among different plant species.New research has shown that, apart from amino acids, plants can also take up organic nitrogen in the form of peptides and small proteins.Refer to link below.

Related Questions

Can plants absorb nitrogen compounds from soil on their own?

Yes. Vascular plants can absorb nitrogen compounds such as nitrates from the soil on their own.What plants can't do on their own is fix nitrogen from the air into nitrogen compounds. Some plants including legumes (such as peas, beans, lupins) and casuarinas form symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to form nitrogen into nitrogen compounds.


Two ways by which plants get nitrogen compounds?

Plants obtain nitrogen compounds through the uptake of nitrate and ammonium ions from the soil through their root systems. Additionally, some plants have symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that can be used by the plants.


How do most plants take up nitrogen?

plants take in nitrogen compounds through their roots.


Where does plants get nitrogen?

when animals eat plants,they get nitrogen compounds that their bodies need.plants do not make these nitrogen compounds. so from where do plants get their nitrogen compounds/ from the air


How do plants get nitrogen compared to how animals get nitrogen?

Most plants get nitrogen from fertilizers. Some plants can have a process called nitrogen fixing in which nitrogen from the is turned into ammonium compounds. Animals get their nitrogen from food, by eating plants and other animals.


How does a plant take in nitrogen?

plants take in nitrogen compounds through their roots.


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.


Which element found in the soil is used by plants in the form of chemical compounds?

Plants use nitrogen in the form of chemical compounds such as nitrates, ammonium, and amino acids found in the soil. Nitrogen is essential for plant growth and is a key component of proteins, chlorophyll, and nucleic acids.


What uses simple nitrogen compounds to make proteins and other complex compounds?

"plants"


Why do animals need nitrigen to live?

Animals and plants need nitrogen to live because proteins and other biological compounds contain nitrogen. In plants, nitrogen compounds perform photosynthesis. In humans, nitrogen is the basis for amino acids, the building blocks of genetic material.


Why are plants important to the world?

as the world needs nitrogen (without being warmed up) in a large amount , its the plants which converts many of the nitrogen compounds to free nitrogen.


Compounds in the soil used by the plants?

nitrogen and other organic manure.