OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -The high temperature of a lightning bolt can break the bonds of atmospheric nitrogen molecules. Free nitrogen atoms in the air bond with oxygen in the air to create nitrogen oxides, which dissolve in moisture to form nitrates that are carried to Earth’s surface by precipitation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rain storms contribute atmospheric nitrogen through rain drops that reach the soil. Legumes, such as soybeans, alfalfa and clovers, are plants that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable nitrogen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lightning transforms nitrogen in the atmosphere into ammonia and nitrate, which are then deposited in the soil by rain.

Detailed explanation-4: -During lightning, the atmospheric nitrogen reacts with oxygen present in the atmosphere to form Nitric acid which comes down to the earth with rainwater and reacts with water to form nitrates that are absorbed by plants.