NITROGEN CYCLE

Nur Hanis Bt. Zainuddin

Farah Nadzirah Bt. Mohd Rozi
Syahira Bt. Nurulashikin
Nur Fatihah Bt. Ismail

What is nitrogen?
Nitrogen is a naturally occurring element that is essential for growth
and reproduction in both plants and animals. It is found in amino acids
that make up proteins, in nucleic acids, that comprise the hereditary
material and lifes blueprint for all cells, and in many other organic and
inorganic compounds. In addition, nitrogen comprises about 80% of
the Earth's atmosphere.

How nitrogen form?

Nitrogen is an element that can combine with itself or
with other elements to make different compounds.
For instance nitrogen gas, N2, is a compound made when
two nitrogen atoms form a chemical bond.
It makes up about 80% of the atmosphere, while oxygen
gas, O2, makes up a little less than 20% of the atmosphere.
So nitrogen gas is very common and plentiful.

Nitrogen in Living Things

Nitrogen is a component of amino acids and urea, which is
amino acids are the building blocks of all proteins meanwhile,
urea is a byproduct of protein digestion.
Proteins comprise not only structural components such as
muscle, tissue and organs, but also enzymes and hormones
essential for the functioning of all living things.
The nitrogen in protein and urea is organic nitrogen. Organic
nitrogen can enter septic systems as bodily wastes, discarded
food material, or as components of cleaning agents.

Nitrogen Cycle
When nitrogen is converted from dinitrogen gas into ammonia (NH3) does it become
available to primary producers, such as plants
In addition to N2 and NH3, nitrogen exists in many different forms, including both
inorganic (e.g., ammonia, nitrate) and organic (e.g., amino and nucleic acids) forms.
Thus, nitrogen undergoes many different transformations in the ecosystem, changing
from one form to another as organisms use it for growth and, in some cases, energy.
The major transformations of nitrogen are nitrogen fixation, nitrification,
denitrification, anammox, and ammonification (Figure 1). The transformation of
nitrogen into its many oxidation states is key to productivity in the biosphere and is
highly dependent on the activities of a diverse assemblage of microorganisms, such as
bacteria, archaea, and fungi.