The Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen is an element. It is found in living things like plants and animals. It is also an important part of non-living.

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The Nitrogen Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen is an element. It is found in living things like plants and animals. It is also an important part of non-living things like the air above and the dirt below. element living thingsplantsanimalselement living thingsplantsanimals

Atoms of Nitrogen AtomsAtoms of nitrogen don't just stay in one place. They move slowly between living things, dead things, the air, soil and water. These movements are called the nitrogen cycle. Atoms Nitrogen Air Water Soil

Atmosphere Most of the nitrogen on Earth is in the atmosphere. Approximately 80% of the molecules in Earth's atmosphere are made of two nitrogen atoms bonded together (N2). atmosphere

Which graph shows the percent Nitrogen in the air? a. b. c. d.

Living Things Need Nitrogen All plants and animals need nitrogen to make amino acids, proteins and DNA

The nitrogen in the atmosphere is not in a form that plants and animals can use. N2N2 N N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2 N2N2

Nitrogen Cycle The molecules of nitrogen in the atmosphere can become usable for living things when they are broken apart during lightning strikes or fires, by certain types of bacteria, or by bacteria associated with bean plants.

Plants and Nitrogen Most plants get the nitrogen they need to grow from the soils or water in which they live.

Animals and Nitrogen Animals get the nitrogen they need by eating plants or other animals that contain nitrogen.

Recycling Nitrogen When organisms die, their bodies decompose bringing the nitrogen into soil on land or into ocean water. Bacteria alter the nitrogen into a form that plants are able to use.

Nitrogen Returns to the Air Other types of bacteria are able to change nitrogen dissolved in waterways into a form that allows it to return to the atmosphere.

People Affect the Nitrogen Cycle Certain actions of humans are causing changes to the nitrogen cycle and the amount of nitrogen that is stored in the land, water, air, and organisms.

Farming and Nitrogen The use of nitrogen-rich fertilizers can add too much nitrogen in nearby waterways as the fertilizer washes into streams and ponds.

Farming and Nitrogen The waste associated with livestock farming also adds large amounts of nitrogen into soil and water. The increased nitrate levels cause plants to grow rapidly until they use up the supply and die.

Farming and Nitrogen The number of plant-eating animals will increase when the plant supply increases and then the animals are left without any food when the plants die.

Nitrogen Cycle Vocabulary Nitrogen Nitrogen Element Element Atmosphere Atmosphere Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen Cycle Decompose Decompose Organic matter Organic matter Fertilizer Fertilizer Nitrogen cycle Nitrogen cycle