nitrogen cycles

carbon is co2 in atmosphere but

c6h1206 as glucose in plants

Photosynthesis

plants that capture co2 from the atmosphere and use it to make sugar

cellular respiration

co2 released into atmosphere as wase from metabolism

Decomposition:

decomposers break down carbon from dead organisms recycling in the soil

Fossilization:

converts carbon from once living organisms into fossil fuels through intense heat and compression

Combustion:

Co2 released into atmosphere from burning

Carbs are found in

starches, sugars

Carbohydrates are also found in

lipids, nucleic acids, dna and rna

Carbs is found in 

minerals and rocks fossil fuels (coal,oil and natural gas) organic living materials in soil or aquatic sediments

decomposers like bacteria, earthworms and fungi break down dead materials and return nutrients like 

(carbon) to the soil

Photosynthetic organisms like plants and algae remove co2 from the 

atmosphere and convert it into simple sugars

Animals, plants and fungi do cellular respiration in order to break down

Carbon rich foods for energy

consumption

one organism eats another and obtains the nitrogen in it

Nitrogen Fixation

Bacteria or lighting in the soil or water into forms that plants can use

Ammonification

bacteria converts nitrogen from waste (urine and feces) into ammonia

Nitrification

bacteria convert nitrogen in ammonia into nitrates and nitrites to be absorbed by plants in their roots

denitrification

bacteria convert nitrogen in ammonia to n2 so it can go back into the atmosphere

bacteria is the

most important living organism in converting nitrogen to different forms

Other decomposers breakdown

nitrogen-rich waste and put in in the soil

We contribute to the cycle as lliving organisms by

photosynthesis (taking in co2) respiration (releasing co2) and decomposition (returning nutrients to the environment)

what about human participation in the nitrogen cycle

significantly impacts ecosystems by converting inert nitrogen into reactive forms, doubting the natural rate of nitrogen cycling through agriculture and fossil fuels

transpiration

water rises back into the atmosphere as water vapor from plants

Assimilation

converting amino acids, uptake of mitrates from soil by roots of plants

ammonification

bacteria converts nitrogen in ammonia into nitrates and nitrites to be absorbed by plants

evaporatio

when bodies are heated by the suns energy water can evaporate from liquid to gas

Condensation

water vapor condenses to form clouds 

Precipitation

water falling to the earth, rain

Percolation

water moves through soil layers, back to lakes, and oceans. Once the soil layer is saturated it moves as a runoff