Colegio Parroquial

San Judas Tadeo

Nitrogen Cycle

Lian Carrasco

11°C

Teacher: Kayra Medrano

04-18-23
 Introduction

Nitrogen Cycle is a biogeochemical process through which nitrogen

is converted into many forms, consecutively passing from the
atmosphere to the soil to organism and back into the atmosphere.
It involves several processes such as nitrogen fixation, nitrification,
denitrification, decay and putrefaction.
  What is the nitrogen cycle?

A repeating cycle of processes during which nitrogen moves

through both living and non-living things: the atmosphere, soil,
water, plants, animals and bacteria. In order to move through the
different parts of the cycle, nitrogen must change forms.
  Why is the nitrogen cycle important?

The nitrogen cycle is important for biological processes. But, the

question is: why is the nitrogen cycle important? It is because:

 It helps with the stable optimum growth of the plants.

 It helps in the synthesis process of natural and artificial
fertiliser, e.g., ammonium sulphate.
 It helps the plants to manufacture chlorophyll from the
nitrogen compound.
 It is essential for the survival of plants because plants need
nitrates for their survival and growth.
 During ammonia formation, the dead and decayed organic
matter is decomposed by bacteria. This process helps clean
the environment and provides essential nutrients to the soil.
 It provides the nitrogen compounds that enrich the soil and
make it fertile and suitable for growing plants.
 Nitrogen is a crucial element for living organisms. It forms
proteins and nucleic acid, which are essential elements of life.
Without nitrogen compounds, life could not exist. The
nitrogen cycle maintains the amount of Nitrogen in the
atmosphere.
 Fertilisers also contain Nitrogen that is necessary for the
plants.
 Eutrophication is the process of accumulating Nitrogen in
water bodies when the Nitrogen from the fertilisers in the soil
is washed away.
 What are the four steps in nitrogen cycle?

1. Nitrogen fixation
2. Decay
3. Nitrification
4. Denitrification
  Why is nitrogen important?

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for the production of amino acids,

proteins, nucleic acids, etc., and stone fruit trees require an
adequate annual supply for proper growth and productivity.
Nitrogen is primarily absorbed through fine roots as either
ammonium or nitrate.
  What is the main source of the nitrogen cycle?

The largest single source of nitrogen is the atmosphere. It is made

up of 78 percent of this colorless, odorless, nontoxic gas. However,
plants are unable to use nitrogen as it exists in the atmosphere.
 What are the 3 stages of the nitrogen cycle?

1. Ammonification
2. Nitrification
3. Denitrification
  Why do plants need nitrogen?

Nitrogen fixation occurs when bacteria are in the soil. They convert
nitrogen to ammonium and nitrate, which plants absorb. Nitrogen
is required by plants to produce amino acids, proteins, and DNA.
Nitrogen is necessary because it is a component of chlorophyll.
  Who discovered nitrogen cycle?

Jules Reiset recognized in 1856 the nitrogen cycle.

  What happens if plants don´t get nitrogen?

Nitrogen deficiency
Cause: Nitrogen promotes green, leafy growth and deficiency
results in yellowing and stunted growth. Nitrogen is very soluble, so
is easily washed out of the soil in winter rains, leaving the soil
deficient in spring, just when plants are putting on new growth.
  How do plants get nitrogen?

Plants absorb nitrogen from the soil as both NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻ ions,
but because nitrification is so pervasive in agricultural soils, most of
the nitrogen is taken up as nitrate. Nitrate moves freely toward
plant roots as they absorb water.
 Conclusion

 Nitrogen is important for plants.

 The nitrogen cycle matters because nitrogen is an essential
nutrient for sustaining life on Earth.
 The nitrogen cycle helps make the nitrogen available to the
plants, which is the common limiting nutrient in nature and
agriculture.
 It is supplied as fertilizer because what is available in the soil
is not enough to meet the needs for plant growth in
agricultural lands.
 Plants lacking nitrogen supply turn yellowish and have smaller
flowers and fruits, thereby reducing the total yield.