SOME FACTS

NITROGEN 78% OF ATMOSPHERIC GAS

OTHER THAN FEW FORMS OF BACTERIA, LIFE FORMS ARE NOT

ABLE TO CONVERT THE INERT NITROGEN INTO NITROGEN
COMPOUNDS LIKE AMMONIA, NITRATES OR NITIRTES, WHICH CAN
BE TAKEN UP EASILY.

NITROGEN CYCLE IS ONE IN WHICH THE ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN

IS FIXED INTO OTHER NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, CALLED AS
NITROGEN FIXATION

What is nitrogen fixation?

The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen
into compounds, such as ammonia, by
natural agencies or various industrial
processes.

NITROGEN AMMONIA, NITRATES, OR NITRITES

DIFFERENT WAYS OF NITROGEN

FIXATION
BIOLOGICAL
The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into
nitrogen compounds by certain bacteria, such
as Rhizobium in the root nodules of legumes
This process as performed by bacteria found in
the nodules of leguminous plants, thereby
making nitrogenous compounds available to the
host plants

 INDUSTRIAL
any process of combining atmospheric
nitrogen with other elements, as used in
the preparation of fertilizers and industrial
products.

 ATMOSPHERIC
Through chemical reactions caused naturally
by lightening

LIGHTENING WILL CONVERT NITROGEN INTO OXIDES

OF NITROGEN
IT WILL MIX WITH RAIN WATER TO FORM NITRIC
AND NITROUS ACID (ACID RAIN)
THIS IS UTILIZED BY LIFE FORMS