The nitrogen cycle is the cycle when processes convert nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form that plants and animals can use. Nitrogen is the building blocks of life and is vital for organisms to live and grow. Most of the nitrogen in our air is unavailable for organisms to use because of the strong triple bond the nitrogen atoms and nitrogen molecules have, which makes the nitrogen nonreactive to organisms since we require reactive nitrogen. In order for plants and animals to be able to use nitrogen, the nitrogen gas must first be converted into a more chemically available form such as ammonium, nitrate or organic nitrogen. The inert nature of nitrogen means that biologically available nitrogen is in short supply in natural ecosystems. Nitrogen is an extremely versatile element which exists in both organic and inorganic forms.
1.) Type of Bacteria named nitrogen fixing bacteria take in atmospheric nitrogen and produce ammonia.
2.) Other bacteria use this ammonia and produce nitrates and nitrites which are nitrogen and oxygen containing compounds.
3.) The nitrites and nitrates are harnessed by plants to produce amino acids which produce plant protein.
4.) Plants are consumed by other organisms (animals) which use the plant amino acids to produce their own.
5.) De composers convert the nitrogen found in organisms into ammonia and return the ammonia back into the soil. A few of these bacteria return nitrogen back into the atmosphere in a process called denitrification but the amount is few.
1.Nitrite is a salt or ester of nitrous acid which is ultimately used to create amino acids by plants.
2. Ammonia is a pungent gas produced by the combination of hydrogen and nitrogen which is used as a chemical compound that bacteria harness to produce nitrites and nitrates.
3. Nitrate is a salt or ester of nitric acid which is also harnessed by plants to produce amino acids. Nitrates have an extra oxygen atom which makes them different from nitrites although it is possible for a nitrate to lose an oxygen atom and vice versa.
Nitrogen is the chemical element of atomic number 7, which is a colorless, odorless, nonreactive gas which takes up about 78% of our earth’s atmosphere. Liquid nitrogen is used as a coolant as well in certain cases.
The difference between the terrestrial nitrogen cycle and the marine nitrogen cycle is that the terrestrial is primarily on land and the marine is primarily in water, hence the names. Another difference is that terrestrial animals are not in harms way during the nitrogen cycle because they have plants turn the ammonia into amino acids, while marine animals are harmful to toxic amounts of ammonia which does not transform into amino acid. The marine cycle includes different bacterias such as, nitrosomonas which is in charge of oxygenating nitrates and nitrites underwater. Nitrobacters are also in the marine cycle which is birthed from nitrifying bacteria which are actual living entities that feed off of ammonia.
One of the major influences on the nitrogen cycle by humans are nitrogen-containing fertilizers in agriculture. These plants which contain the fertilizer can obtain nitrogen in different forms such as, nitrate and sometimes ammonium. Humans also influence the nitrogen cycle by dumping sewage and other types of organic bodies into water-bodies. This is a great deal of environmental damage when this occurs because this creates lower dissolved oxygen levels in the water. One of the bigger effects on the nitrogen cycle is when humans emit gas through automobiles, power plants, etc. which ends up destroying the atmosphere through gas pollution.
1.) Type of Bacteria named nitrogen fixing bacteria take in atmospheric nitrogen and produce ammonia.
2.) Other bacteria use this ammonia and produce nitrates and nitrites which are nitrogen and oxygen containing compounds.
3.) The nitrites and nitrates are harnessed by plants to produce amino acids which produce plant protein.
4.) Plants are consumed by other organisms (animals) which use the plant amino acids to produce their own.
5.) De composers convert the nitrogen found in organisms into ammonia and return the ammonia back into the soil. A few of these bacteria return nitrogen back into the atmosphere in a process called denitrification but the amount is few.
1.Nitrite is a salt or ester of nitrous acid which is ultimately used to create amino acids by plants.
2. Ammonia is a pungent gas produced by the combination of hydrogen and nitrogen which is used as a chemical compound that bacteria harness to produce nitrites and nitrates.
3. Nitrate is a salt or ester of nitric acid which is also harnessed by plants to produce amino acids. Nitrates have an extra oxygen atom which makes them different from nitrites although it is possible for a nitrate to lose an oxygen atom and vice versa.
Nitrogen is the chemical element of atomic number 7, which is a colorless, odorless, nonreactive gas which takes up about 78% of our earth’s atmosphere. Liquid nitrogen is used as a coolant as well in certain cases.
The difference between the terrestrial nitrogen cycle and the marine nitrogen cycle is that the terrestrial is primarily on land and the marine is primarily in water, hence the names. Another difference is that terrestrial animals are not in harms way during the nitrogen cycle because they have plants turn the ammonia into amino acids, while marine animals are harmful to toxic amounts of ammonia which does not transform into amino acid. The marine cycle includes different bacterias such as, nitrosomonas which is in charge of oxygenating nitrates and nitrites underwater. Nitrobacters are also in the marine cycle which is birthed from nitrifying bacteria which are actual living entities that feed off of ammonia.
One of the major influences on the nitrogen cycle by humans are nitrogen-containing fertilizers in agriculture. These plants which contain the fertilizer can obtain nitrogen in different forms such as, nitrate and sometimes ammonium. Humans also influence the nitrogen cycle by dumping sewage and other types of organic bodies into water-bodies. This is a great deal of environmental damage when this occurs because this creates lower dissolved oxygen levels in the water. One of the bigger effects on the nitrogen cycle is when humans emit gas through automobiles, power plants, etc. which ends up destroying the atmosphere through gas pollution.