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Lesson 6 - Nitrogen Cycle

The nitrogen cycle describes how nitrogen is converted between different chemical forms and moves between the soil, plants, animals, bacteria and the atmosphere. Nitrogen is essential for living organisms, as it is a component of proteins, DNA and RNA. It exists in the atmosphere as nitrogen gas but needs to be converted to ammonium, nitrates or amino acids to be used by plants, then animals that eat plants. Certain bacteria play important roles in converting nitrogen between different forms through processes like nitrogen fixation and denitrification.

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Lesson 6 - Nitrogen Cycle

The nitrogen cycle describes how nitrogen is converted between different chemical forms and moves between the soil, plants, animals, bacteria and the atmosphere. Nitrogen is essential for living organisms, as it is a component of proteins, DNA and RNA. It exists in the atmosphere as nitrogen gas but needs to be converted to ammonium, nitrates or amino acids to be used by plants, then animals that eat plants. Certain bacteria play important roles in converting nitrogen between different forms through processes like nitrogen fixation and denitrification.

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The Nitrogen cycle

Lesson 1
Objectives
Students Will be able to...
● Define the nitrogen cycle
● Describe the different molecules in which nitrogen is found in the
nitrogen cycle
● Explain the importance of the nitrogen cycle for living organisms,
● Explain how nitrates are made available for plants through using
fertilizers, crop rotations, and bacteria,
● Interpret and explain the processes in diagrams of the nitrogen
cycle.
Q.1. Write T or True if the statement is true; write F or False if the statement is false.

___________ 1. Nitrogen is the most abundant element in Earth’s atmosphere.

___________ 2. Most organisms have the ability to make use of atmospheric nitrogen.

___________ 3. Nitrogen is an essential component of DNA, RNA, and amino acids, the

building blocks of life.

___________ 4. Animals get nitrogen by eating plants.

___________ 5. Nitrogen exists in the atmosphere as ammonia (NH 3).


True True True True True

False False False False False


Q.2. Label the diagram showing the nitrogen cycle with following words.
Atmospheric nitrogen gas

Soil nitrates

Soil ammonium

Waste and remains


Q.3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

a) _____________________ describes how nitrogen moves between the soil, plants,

animals, bacteria and the atmosphere.

b) When lightning strikes, nitrogen gas is transformed into __________ that plants can

use.

c) _______________________ is breakdown of organic nitrogen (e.g. amino acids,

DNA) into ammonia with the help of decomposers like bacteria and fungi.

Nitrate
d) Human activity hasFertilizers
altered the cycle by The nitrogen
adding cycle
nitrogen Ammonification
into the soil with

_____________.
Q.4. Certain bacteria convert nitrogen gas into ammonia through a process called
________.
a) denitrification
b) ammonification
c) nitrogen fixation
d) decomposition

Q.5. Some soil bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas through a process called
________.
a) Denitrification
b) Ammonification
c) Nitrogen fixation
Explain the importance of the nitrogen cycle for living organisms
BELOW:
Explain how nitrates are made available for plants through using
fertilizers, crop rotations, and bacteria BELOW:
LESSON QUESTIONS ©️
DIRECTIONS Questions/Summary
Please add to the right questions that
you may have in regards to the
Nitrogen Cycle.

If you have none, summarize what you


have understood in your own way.
Minimum of 50 words

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