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Nitrogen

N itrogen Cycle

N2 N2
Consumers
eat plants

Plants
Poop creates Ammonium (Nitrogen eaters) Denitrifying bacteria
turn the nitrates into
atmospheric Nitrogen

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria NH4 NO2 NO3


live in legume (bean)
root nodules Ammonium Nitrite Nitrate

Decomposers turn
Nitrifying bacteria turn the
decaying plants into
ammonia into nitrites, then
ammonium
nitrates, which can be
absorbed by plants

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