N2 Molecule. Nitrogen in the air is in this form
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N2 Molecule. Nitrogen in the air is in this form
Nitrogen in this form can not get into a food chain
Nitrogen “fixed” by becoming part of an Ammonia molecule
Plants love Nitrogen when it is in an ammonia molecule.
Nitrate group NO3
Nitrate fertilizer
Ammonium nitrate is explosive
Fertilizer bomb destroyed the Federal building in Oklahoma City. Killing many
Fertilizer plant explosion
Fertilizer plant explosion.. Texas. Many compounds with nitrogen in the molecule are unstable / dangerous.
• IN ORDER TO ENTER A FOOD CHAIN… NITROGEN MUST BE IN THE FORM OF NITRATES OR AMMONIA.
• In other words… N2 molecules must be FIXED so the nitrogen atoms are part of NO3 or NH3 molecules
NITROGEN being added to the food chain as part of NH3 and NO3 molecules
• PLANTS WILL USE THE NITROGEN IN NH3 and NO3 MOLECULES.
• Plants USE NITROGEN to make …
• protein molecules.
• Protein molecules have lots of Carbon atoms, Hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms… but protein molecules must always contain NITROGEN atoms too.
Nitrogen fixing bacteria cells in a root nodule.
BOG habitat. Water leaches nitrates and ammonia out of the soil.
Pitcher plants in bog habitat
You might be in a bog if….
Sundew plant: Sticky
Stuck. Fly proteins = source of nitrogen in a nitrogen poor environment
Digest. Absorb the nutrients
Many species of sundew
VENUS FLY TRAP
More than 1 way to get nitrogen if you are a plant.
Pitcher Plant. Big Bog, MN
Big species of pitcher plant