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Poop Loop Lab _101542074_gettyimages-956391468 (Biology salmon-in-river…

- - - - Their carcass feeds many animals of nature, giving them nutrients and nitrogen. Animal feces containing nitrogen from salmon are deposited into the forest and provide the trees nutrients (nitrogen). Salmon carcasses themselves can be dropped into forests. The decomposing salmon can also provide nutrients to the plants. Plants take these nutrients in through roots. Bacteria play a significant role in changing the chemical composition of the nutrients to suit the plants. The herbivores then eat the plants, providing nutrients to them.
        
        Salmon are vital in maintaining many aspects of the nitrogen cycle. They provide all forms of life nutrients.
  - - - There are 17 nutrients that are essential for plant life.
    - - These elements create the basic molecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, and carbohydrates) of cells and define the characteristics of the cell.
  - - - One parent
        
        All offspring of one parent are genetically identical.
        
        Asexual reproduction does not need a mate and it can increase the population quickly. However, the offspring have little to none variation and are especially susceptible to predators. This is mainly due to the fact that they cannot adapt quickly. Furthermore all offspring have the same weaknesses.
    - - Two parents.
        
        Their genetic information are combined 50/50. This allows for sexually created life to change more rapidly based on the envorinment
        
        The creation of sexual reproduction is always different.
        
        There is more variation in offspring and the offspring can adapt more quickly by using natural selection(obtaining the useful(in an environment) traits of their parents. Thus allowing them to adapt and excel.).
        
        Salmon is a prime example of sexual reproduction
- - - - Nitrifying bacteria makes ammonia into nitrite then nitrate.
        
        Nitrifying Bacteria include the species of genera Nitrosomonas, Nitrosococcus, Nitrobacter and Nitrococcus. These bacteria are the key factors in the conversion of ammonia into nitrite and nitrate.
    - - Nitrogen fixing bacteria converts atmospheric nitrogen (N2)to ammonia.
        
        Ammonia is then converted into Nitrite then Nitrate by bacteria. (by nitrifying bacteria)
        
        The ammonia that these bacteria create can form ammonium. Ammonium is another source of nutrition for bacteria. Ammonium is created when a hydrogen ion bonds to ammonia. This is created decomposing carcasses that release ammonia. The ammonia binds to a hydrogen ion in the environment.
        
        Nitrogen fixation is mainly created by a family of bacteria named diazotrophs. Bacteria in this family include: rhizobia, frankia, and cyanobacteria.
        
        The ammonia is a source of nutrients for plants and is also the basis of other nutrients such as nitrate, nitrate, and ammonium.
    - - Plants take up forms of nitrogen like ammonia, nitrite, nitrite, and ammonium through their roots. They then incorporate these forms nitrogen into plant proteins and nucleic acids( DNA and RNA. DNA and RNA are the blueprint of an organism. It defines their physical and mental(some) attributes).
    - - Lightning can strike and cause the Nitrogen in the air break apart and form nitrogen oxides. The natural rain then forces the oxides to contact ground where it makes Nitrate with the other elements in/on soil.
        
        Nitrifying Bacteria can convert this nitrate to other useable forms, such as ammonium and nitrite.
      - Nitrogen fixation changes N2(dinitrogen) into usable forms, like ammonium.(ammonium can be provided by salmon carcasses/ feces)
    - - Nitrification is the biological process in which ammonia is converted into nitrate and nitrite by bacteria and archaea(prokaryotic organisms. This process occurs when ammonia becomes oxidized( the compound takes electrons from another compound. In this case ammonia takes from oxygen). The result of ammonia oxidation is nitrite. Furthermore, the oxidation of nitrite creates nitrate.
    - - This is a process where bacteria convert nitrate to n2(dinitrogen). This process allows the nitrogen cycle to go' full loop '.
  - - - The composition of a polyatomic ion can be shown by a lewis diagram.
- - - - This happens at the level of an animal and cell
        
        For example, Flowers reproduce sexually. Flowers have both male and female reproductive systems. The flowers create male(pollen) and female (ovules)gametes. The exchange of male gametes to ovules is called pollination. Pollination creates seeds for the plant to spread.
        
        Seeds are the product of sexual reproduction.
      - Asexual
        
        Asexual reproduction is when plants grow from a part of root, stem or leaves from another plant. New plants are identical to the parent.
  - - - The main elements are Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus
        
        Plants absorb these nutrients as either a positively charged cation or a negatively charged anion compound(covalent polyatomic compounds).
      - A lack of any of these is called a nutrient deficiency
  - - - Salmon gives plants nutrients such as ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite.
        
        These nutrients flow into the soil.
        
        Forms of Nitrogen (from salmon)are absorbed though the roots