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Why is the nitrogen cycle important for animals plants and humans?
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∙ 8y ago
All living things need nitrogen - it is a key part of both plant and animal tissue, and plants wouldn't be able to grow without it. We get our nitrogen by eating protein, but most plants have to get it from the soil. Garden plants use up a lot of nitrogen, so it needs to be replaced with fertilizer or you won't be able to keep growing plants on the same plot of land.
In nature, some plants are able to pull nitrogen out of the air which helps replenish the soil, and when old plants die and rot the nitrogen returns to the ground. This doesn't happen in a garden if the plants are eaten for food or thrown away when they die.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agonitrogen is needed by all living things and is one of the main ingredients of fertilizers. understanding what happens to it helps one fertilize more efficiently and create less pollution.
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∙ 13y agohelps plant growth.. look up the nitrogen cycle
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Can humans get the nitrogen they need to exist in the air?
Plants and animals die and decomposers break down their nitrogen containing molecules to ammonia. All animals get the nitrogen they need by eating plants, by eating other animals that ate plants, or by eating animals that ate animals that ate plants.
Is nitrogen important for plants and animals?
Yes.
What are 2 ways nitrogen becomes useable to plants animals and humans?
by Bacteria.
Can animals use nitrogen directly from the atmosphere?
no plants and animals cannot use nitrogen straight out of the air every time we take a breath you breath it in but it goes through nitrogen fixation to let us humans animals and plants to use it.
How do plants get nitrogen compared to how animals get nitrogen?
Most plants get nitrogen from fertilizers. Some plants can have a process called nitrogen fixing in which nitrogen from the is turned into ammonium compounds. Animals get their nitrogen from food, by eating plants and other animals.
What is the source of nitrogen for animals?
Animals get nitrogen from plants.
Why do animals need nitrigen to live?
Animals and plants need nitrogen to live because proteins and other biological compounds contain nitrogen. In plants, nitrogen compounds perform photosynthesis. In humans, nitrogen is the basis for amino acids, the building blocks of genetic material.
Is photosynthesis is only vital to humans?
Photosynthesis is important to plants, animals, and humans! So no. It's most vital to plants.
What are two functions of plants and animals in the nitrogen?
plants and animals
How does nitrogen enter the human body?
A lot of comes from the air. The air you breathe is around 78 percent nitrogen, so nitrogen enters your body with every breath. Rhizobium bacteria is present in leguminous plants in their roots which extract nitrogen from the soil. These are generally present in dicot-seed plants. When you consume these plants, nitrogen enters your body. Another way that nitrogen enters the body is through eating meat. When animals eat plants, those plants have nitrate in them which contains nitrogen so the animals have nitrogen in them now. Then, humans eat the meat from the animals, adding some nitrogen to our bodies.
How photosynthesis important for humans?
Photosynthesis is important for humans because it provides oxygen for us.
What are two ways nitrogen becomes usable two plants humans and animals?
Amino acids, proteins and DNA.
