Nitrogen

From Coastal Wiki
Revision as of 13:19, 8 February 2007 by Caitlin (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Definition of Nitrogen:
An essential nutrient in the food supply of plants and the diets of animals. Animals obtain it in nitrogen-containing compounds, particularly amino acids. Although in the atmosphere is nearly 80% gaseous nitrogen, very few organisms have the ability to use it in this form. The higher plants normally obtain it from the soil after micro-organisms have converted the nitrogen into ammonia or nitrates, which they can then absorb.[1].
This is the common definition for Nitrogen, other definitions can be discussed in the article

References

  1. CoPraNet glossary [1]