FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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Nitrogen fixation processes nitrogen from which of the following sources?
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lightning
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fertilizers
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dead plants
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atmosphere
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nitrogen is fixed, or combined, in nature as nitric oxide by lightning and ultraviolet rays, but more significant amounts of nitrogen are fixed as ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates by soil microorganisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is fixed into organic nitrogen by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. This organic nitrogen enters terrestrial food webs. It leaves the food webs as nitrogenous wastes in the soil.
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