NITROGEN CYCLE
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NITROGEN CYCLE
Explains
how NITROGEN moves
through an ecosystem.
Atm. Is 78% Nitrogen
NOT in an immediately usable
form.
Must be CONVERTED into
usable compounds for use by
plants and animals.
4 PART Nitrogen CYCLE
1.
NITROGEN FIXATION=
The
process of converting
N gas to Ammonium ions.
Accomplished
by “Nitrogen
Fixing Bacteria”
WHERE ARE THE
BACTERIA?
IN
SOIL
IN NODULES (LEGUMES)
OF ROOTS
EX. OF LEGUMES:
ALFALFA, PEANUTS,
CLOVER,,PEAS
N2 gas
converted to
+
NH4 (ammonium ions)
IONS released into SOIL
IONS released into roots
of bacteria’s host plant
IONS
then used to
make organic
compounds
Which helps the
PLANT GROW
2. NITRIFICATION
NH4+(AMMONIUM
IONS) are
changed into NITRITES (NO2-)
or NITRATE (NO3-)
Again this is used in the plant
to MAKE ORGANIC
PRODUCTS
3. AMMONIFICATION
BREAKING
DOWN
NITROGEN CoMPounDS IN
THE REMAINS OF
ORGANISMS INTO
AMMONIA (NH3)
PERFORMED BY
DECOMPOSERS (bacteria
and fungi)
4. DE-NITRIFICATION
Conversion
of NH3, NO2
or NO3 into free N2
GAS and released back
into the atmosphere.
Performed by
BACTERIA in the SOIL
-,