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Plants absorb nitrate compounds from soil through their root hairs, which are outgrowths of the trichoblast cells in the roots.
Most plants are not able to use nitrogen as such (N2), though some, including legumes and casuarinas, supply water and food to symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in specialised root nodules, and these fix nitrogen to nitrate which they supply to the plants.
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∙ 12y agoThey don't get the nitrogen from the atmosphere. They get it from the soil, compost and mulch are usually nitrogen deficient, and there are two form of nitrogen in the ground ,one the plant can use,and one that need a bacteria to break its bonds so the plant can us
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∙ 9y agoOnly in compound form. Some of these absorbable forms compounds of nitrogen are naturally produced by lightning strikes that convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, which dissolves in rain water, but most natural nitrogen in a chemical form that can be absorbed by plants enters the soil from decay of dead animal and plant materials and waste eliminated by animals. in well civilized areas, the latter type of absorbable nitrogen is often supplemented by manufactured or mined materials, especially nitrates and ammonia.
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∙ 8y agoMost plants absorb nitrates and ammonia from decomposing organic matter in the soil.
A few plants absorb ammonia from nodules of symbiotic anaerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria growing inside their roots. These bacteria can absorb nitrogen gas directly from the air.
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∙ 9y agoPlants take in nitrogen from the soil through absorption. The plants will take nitrate and ammonium which is the converted into nitrogen through assimilation.
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∙ 9y agoAlso the fixation of nitrogen by some plants, directly from air is possible with the help of the enzyme nitrogenase. This process is known from the last part of XIX-th century.
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∙ 13y agoI dont know I asked you!
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∙ 11y agoin the form of nitrites
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A common gas in your atmosphere essential for plants?
nitrogen
Where is most of the nitrogen on earth found?
78% of the air in Earth's atmosphere is nitrogen. Also, all plants have nitrogen.
Nitrogen is always found in which molecule?
Nitrogen can be found and obtained from air. about 78.08% of the air we breathe is nitrogen...Nitrogen is a gas.It is dominant in atmosphere.
Nitrogen utilized by most plants is derived from?
The atmosphere (air) and through the nutrients in the soil.
Why is Earth's atmosphere rich in nitrogen and carbon dioxide today?
Nitrogen has, since plants and animals have existed, been the majority of gases in our atmosphere. Carbon Dioxide; however, has been increasing in our atmosphere since the industrial revolution. The causes are automobiles, coal-burning power plants and other carbon-emitting activities.
What is the transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to plants and back to the atmosphere or directly into plants again?
Nitrogen cycle
Do plants take in nitrogen directly from the atmosphere?
Plants that can use nitrogen from the atmosphere are known as nitrogen fixers. The legume or pea family of plants are famous for being able to do this.Most plants don't have this ability.
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.
Why is nitrogen gas in the atmosphere useless to plants?
Nitrogen gas cannot be absorbed by plants
How do plants and animals get nitrogen is not from the atmosphere?
In rainforests where there is loads of leeching, plants get their nitrogen from other dead plants, where a nitrogen cycle is established
What elements are most organisms unable to take from the atmosphere?
nitrogen
What plants absorb nitrogen from the atmosphere?
Cannabis
What is an example of nitrogen fixing a process essential for life on Earth?
The answer choices are:Plants take in nitrogen gas from the atmosphere.Bacteria convert nitrogen gas into a form that plants can use.Water absorbs nitrogen.Animals take in nitrogen gas from the atmosphere.
What is largest source of nitrogen?
Nitrogen is the most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere. Bacteria in the soil 'fix' the nitrogen gas into compounds which can be taken in by plants; the plants get eaten by animals & they use the nitrogen to make proteins.
A common gas in your atmosphere essential for plants?
nitrogen
How do microorganisms make nitrogen in the atmosphere usuable to plants?
By fixing free nitrogen from the atmosphere through endogenous or exogenous methods.
Do animals take in nitrogen directly from the atmosphere?
Since 78.08% of the Earth's atmosphere is composed of nitrogen, yes. But it cannot be used in biological processes. The nitrogen animals use comes in the form of nitrogen compounds acquired from food. Ultimately, the nitrogen used by most living things is produced by nitrogen-fixing bacteria which do use nitrogen from the atmosphere, these compounds are then taken in and used by plants.
