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    The four main processes of the nitrogen cycle are: 1. Nitrogen fixation 2. Ammonification 3. Nitrification 4. Denitrification The process of bacteria converting nitrogen into ammonia is called nitrogen fixation. Bacteria are required for every step of the nitrogen cycle. They play a key role in converting nitrogen between its various forms.

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    The four main processes of the nitrogen cycle are: 1. Nitrogen fixation 2. Ammonification 3. Nitrification 4. Denitrification The process of bacteria converting nitrogen into ammonia is called nitrogen fixation. Bacteria are required for every step of the nitrogen cycle. They play a key role in converting nitrogen between its various forms.

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    The four main processes of the nitrogen cycle are: 1. Nitrogen fixation 2. Ammonification 3. Nitrification 4. Denitrification The process of bacteria converting nitrogen into ammonia is called nitrogen fixation. Bacteria are required for every step of the nitrogen cycle. They play a key role in converting nitrogen between its various forms.

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    The Nitrogen Cycle

    What is Nitrogen?
    Nitrogen makes up about 78%
    of our atmosphere.
    Nitrogen in the atmosphere it is mostly in the
    N2 which is a compound that plants
    form of ______,
    and animals cannot use.
    The process of converting nitrogen into
    compounds that can be used by plants and
    animals is called the ______________________.
    Nitrogen Cycle

    Why we care about nitrogen


    Nitrogen is an essential
    component of
    DNA, RNA and Proteins
    _____________________.
    The building blocks of life.

    How does atmospheric nitrogen (N2) get


    changed into a form that can be used by
    most living organisms?
    Four
    By traveling through one of the ________

    processes in the Nitrogen Cycle!


    (1) Nitrogen Fixation
    (4) Denitrification
    Nitrogen
    Cycle

    (3) Nitrification

    (2) Ammonification

    Process 1: Nitrogen Fixation


    Nitrogen Fixation
    ___________________
    is the process in
    which the N2 compound in the atmosphere
    breaks and combines with other compounds.
    fixed when it combines
    The nitrogen is _________
    hydrogen
    oxygen
    with ______________
    or _______________.
    N

    H
    H

    N2
    H

    Ammonia (NH3)

    Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

    Three ways to fix Nitrogen


    bacteria
    Main process: Special ____________
    convert the nitrogen gas (N2) to
    ammonia (NH3), which only ________
    some
    plants can use (peas, beans).

    Lightning
    _________________
    strikes convert
    N2 to N2O or NO3.
    Chemical
    Industrial production. ____________
    manipulation turns N2 into NH3
    (Fertilizer)

    Process 2: Ammonification
    Ammonification
    _____________________
    - After all the living
    organic nitrogen
    organisms have used the ___________________,
    decomposer bacteria convert the nitrogen to
    ammonia
    _______________.
    H
    N
    H
    Bacteria

    Organic Nitrogen (proteins)

    Ammonia

    Process 3: Nitrification
    Nitrification
    _______________
    is the process that
    converts ammonia (NH3) into nitrites
    (NO2) and nitrates (NO3) which most
    ____
    can
    plants _______
    use.

    Both
    Note: Ammonia comes from ______
    nitrogen fixation and ammonification

    How is it done?
    Bacteria!
    _____________________

    H
    H

    N
    H

    O
    O

    Process 4: Denitrification
    _______________:
    Denitrification
    Process in which nitrogen
    convert back
    compounds _____________________
    into
    atmospheric nitrogen (N2 or N2O).
    The main process is performed by
    bacteria
    _____________________
    in the soil. It can
    also happen by _____________
    burning fossil fuels.
    N2

    NO3

    N2O

    N2
    N2O

    (1) Nitrogen Fixation

    (4) Denitrification

    Nitrogen
    Cycle

    (2) Ammonification

    (3) Nitrification
    Ammonia is converted
    to nitrites and nitrates.

    NO3

    NH3
    Nitrates in Soil

    Organic nitrogen is
    converted to ammonia.

    Nitrogen in
    the air
    nitrogen fixing plant
    eg pea, clover

    animal protein

    plant made
    protein

    root nodules
    (containing nitrogen
    fixing bacteria)

    denitrifying
    bacteria

    nitrates absorbed

    dead plants & animals


    urine & feces
    decomposition by bacteria & fungi

    nitrates
    bacteria
    (nitrifying bacteria)

    ammonia

    nitrites

    bacteria

    Human Impact
    Combustion
    ___________________,
    releases toxic nitrogen
    compounds into the atmosphere.
    Commercial Fertilizers
    ____________________________
    release
    nitrous oxide into the atmosphere and introduce
    excess nitrogen into the environment.
    Remove nitrogen from the soil when we mine it
    mineral deposits
    for nitrogen rich __________________________.
    Discharge of ___________________________
    municipal sewage
    releases excess nitrogen into the water ecosystems
    which disrupts the aquatic balance and kills fish.

    Commercial Fertilizers
    #1 contributor of new nitrogen in
    Are the ______
    the nitrogen cycle.
    limiting factor
    Added because nitrogen is a ________________
    for plant growth.
    Problems: hard to apply fertilizer and keep it in
    one area. Runoff, evaporation, etc.. So farmers
    twice as much
    apply about ___________________
    as they
    need.
    food chain
    Extra nitrogen disrupts the ________________.

    CFA
    1. What are the four main processes
    of the nitrogen cycle?
    2. What is it called when bacteria
    convert nitrogen into ammonia?

    3. What organism is required for


    every step of the nitrogen cycle?

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