How Does Nitrogen Travel Through the Ecosystem

How Does Nitrogen Travel Through The Ecosystem?

Plant and animal wastes decompose, adding nitrogen to the soil. Bacteria in the soil convert those forms of nitrogen into forms plants can use. Plants use the nitrogen in the soil to grow. People and animals eat the plants; then animal and plant residues return nitrogen to the soil again, completing the cycle.

How nitrogen flows through an ecosystem?

Nitrogen passes through a similar cycle in aquatic ecosystems. … The nitrogen gas must be changed to a form called nitrates, which plants can absorb through their roots. The process of changing nitrogen gas to nitrates is called nitrogen fixation. It is carried out by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Robert Thorne

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