Nitrogen Cycle

Bacteria/organism roles

100

Organisms require this chemical substance to live

nutrients

200

This lives in soil or within the roots of plants 

Nitrogen fixing bacteria

300

Organisms need nitrogen to make

Proteins, amino acids

Atmosphere/Nitrogen Fixation

100

What is nitrogen fixation?

the conversion of nitrogen from the soil into a form used by plants is the process of nitrogen fixation

200

The atmosphere is what percent of nitrogen gas

70-80%

300

Bacteria that live in soil or in the roots of plants change ------ into ------

Atmospheric Nitrogen into ammonium

Mystery Question

100

The conversion of nitrogen cycle  from the soil into nitrogen gas 

Dentrification

200

How are bacteria important in the nitrogen cycle

They do the converting from atmospheric nitrogen to a usable recourse in the nitrogen cycle

300

Give an example of an important bacteria in the Nitrogen Cycle

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Bacteria of decay

• Nitrifying bacteria

Keywords

100

the microbial process of reducing nitrate and nitrite to gaseous forms of nitrogen, principally nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitrogen (N2).

Denitrification

200

_{the process where microscopic organisms like bacteria or other types of decomposing organisms, break down nitrogen-containing chemicals from dead organic matter.} 

_{Ammonification}

300

increase the bioavailability of nitrogen to plants and in the denitrification

Nitrosomonas