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Question 28
Complete the following cycle given as Fig. 2.4 by filling the blanks (a), (b), (c) (d)

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(a) Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation by Lightning:

  • Lightning converts atmospheric nitrogen into oxides of nitrogen which then combines with rain droplets to fall down as soluble nitrogen compounds.​

(b) Biological Nitrogen Fixation by nitrogen fixing bacteria:

  • Root nodules of the leguminous plants contain the nitrogen fixing bacteria and blue green alga that fix the atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous compounds.

(c) Excretion:

  • Animals excrete their excretory wastes in the form of nitrogenous products like urea, uric acid.

(d) Denitrification:

  • Denitrifying bacteria turns the nitrogenous compounds present in the soil into gaseous nitrogen to enter the atmosphere.


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