HANS RAJ MODEL SCHOOL

SAMARTH MANOCHA
9-A
9034
BIOLOGY PRESENTATION
TOPIC- NITROGEN CYCLE
 THE NITROGEN CYCLE
 DEFINATION
“THE NITROGEN CYCLE IS THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL
CYCLE BY WHICH NITROGEN IS CONVERTED INTO
MULTIPLE CHEMICAL FORMS AS IT CIRCULATES AMONG
ATMOSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL, AND MARINE
ECOSYSTEMS.”
 LET US KNOW ABOUT NITROGEN-
• NITROGEN GAS MAKES UP 78% OF OUR ATMOSPHERE.

• NITROGEN IS ALSO A PART OF MANY MOLECULES ESSENTIAL TO LIFE LIKE

PROTEINS

• NITROGEN IS FOUND IN OTHER BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS

SUCH AS ALKALOIDS AND UREA TOO.

• NITROGEN IS THUS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT FOR ALL LIFE FORMS.

• LIFE WOULD BE SIMPLE IF ALL THESE LIFE FORMS COULD USE THE
ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DIRECTLY.
NITOGEN CYCLE IN NATURE
EXPLANATION-
IMPORTANCE OF NITROGEN CYCLE
THE NITROGEN CYCLE
PLANTS NEED NITROGEN TO
HELPS IN BRINGING THE
SYNTHESIZE CHLOROPHYLL
INERT NITROGEN FROM THE
AND SO THE NITROGEN
AIR INTO THE BIOCHEMICAL
CYCLE IS ABSOLUTELY
PROCESS IN PLANTS AND
ESSENTIAL FOR THEM.
THEN TO ANIMALS.

DUE TO THE NITROGEN

CYCLE, NITRATES AND
NITRITES ARE RELEASED
INTO THE SOIL WHICH
HELPS IN ENRICHING THE
SOIL WITH NUTRIENTS
NEEDED FOR CULTIVATION.