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Nitrogen Cycle - Coggle Diagram
Nitrogen Cycle
Atmospheric Gases
Atmospheric gases act as the primary reservoir for nitrogen gas. At some point all nitrogen gases will pass through our atmosphere at some point
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Human Impact
Acid rain
acid rain is caused by humans releasing sulfur and nitrogen into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. The gases react with the water in clouds and make acid rain in clouds.
Climate change
Climate change actually accelerates the nitrogen cycle by increasing the nitrogen availability in the atmosphere and in the soil.
Aquatic Systems
These aquatic systems are key components of the nitrogen cycle because they transform, transport, and store nitrogen from biological processes
Denitrification
This is a process where nitrate is reduced gaseous nitrogen compounds which is mostly nitrogen gas. This is a crucial part of the nitrogen cycle because it converts fixed nitrogen back into the atmosphere
Assimilation
Assimilation is in the nitrogen cycle where plants and animals include inorganic nitrogen from the environment into organic molecules like DNA, RNA, and proteins
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Ammonification
This stage of the process converts organic nitrogen from dead biotic organisms and waste into inorganic ammonium.
Nitrification
Nitrification is a two step process in the cycle that converts toxic ammonium into nitrate and then that nitrite gets converted into nitrates