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1 Cartoon Homework Microbes involved in the Nitrogen Cycle are:
Nitrogen fixing bacteria Saprobionts Denitrifying bacteria Nitrifying bacteria Make up a cartoon character for each e.g. Dangerous Dave the Denitrifying Bacteria (Baddie) Draw out a line diagram of the N Cycle from p.95 – inserting your characters in the correct place.

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5 AQA book p.95-97 Specification Reference: 3.4.6
The Nitrogen Cycle AQA book p.95-97 Specification Reference: 3.4.6

6 Syllabus The role of microorganisms in the carbon and nitrogen cycles in sufficient detail to illustrate the processes of saprobiotic nutrition, ammonification, nitrification, nitrogen fixation and denitrification. (The names of individual species are not required.)

7 Objectives How is Nitrogen recycled in ecosystems?
What is the role of saprobiotic microorganisms in recycling? What do you understand by the terms ‘ammonification’, ‘nitrification’, ‘nitrogen fixation’ and ‘denitrification’? Where does Nitrogen enter the living component of an ecosystem? Where does Nitrogen enter the non-living component of an ecosystem?

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10 Introduction p.95 Name 2 organic compounds which contain nitrogen
Name 3 inorganic compounds which contain nitrogen Why is Nitrogen gas not used by many organisms? In what form do plants obtain nitrogen? In what form do animals obtain nitrogen? Give 2 reasons why a soil may be low in nitrate.

11 Introduction Answers p.95
Name 2 organic compounds which contain nitrogen Protein nucleic acids Name 3 inorganic compounds which contain nitrogen Ammonium ions, Nitrate, Nitrite Why is Nitrogen gas not used by many organisms? Unreactive so difficult to combine into other compounds In what form do plants obtain nitrogen? Nitrate through the roots by ACTIVE TRANSPORT In what form do animals obtain nitrogen? Eating and digesting other things so nucleic acids and protein Give 2 reasons why a soil may be low in nitrate. Leaching of soluble nitrate, soil is waterlogged, little other source of nitrate apart from decomposition/fertilisers

12 What do you understand by the terms ‘ammonification’, ‘nitrification’, ‘nitrogen fixation’ and ‘denitrification’?

13 Denitrification Nitrates  nitrogen gas
Anaerobic – in waterlogged soil Denitrifying bacteria live in soil Reduces productivity

14 Nitrification Ammonium ions nitrite Nitrite  nitrate
Both oxidation reactions releasing energy for the bacteria which carry out the reactions This energy is used to synthesise sugar/food for the bacteria (a bit like photosynthesis- organisms are called photoautotrophs, but in this case the energy comes from reactions so the organisms are called chemoautotrophs) Aerobic reactions needing oxygen (air spaces in soil) To increase productivity soil should be well ploughed and not waterlogged

15 Ammonification Organic nitrogen compounds (urea, proteins, nucleic acids) ammonia Ammonia forms ammonium ions in soil Saprobiotic microbes decompose faeces, urine and dead organisms Saprobiotic microbes live in soil Nitrogen is returned to the non-living component of the ecosystem

16 Nitrogen fixation Nitrogen gas nitrogen containing compounds
Needs lots of energy (ATP) Carried out by microbes free living in soil which make ammonia which is then used to make amino acids for themselves. When they die the nitrogen compounds become available to plants through ammonification and nitrification Also carried out by mutualistic n-fixing bacteria . These live in root nodules of legumes (peas beans, clover) mutual means both benefit – bacteria get carbohydrates made in the plant by photosynthesis, the plant gets amino acids from the bacteria Aerobic bacteria but Anaerobic process Increases productivity

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18 Nitrogen fixing Rhizobia bacteroids

19 Nitrogen fixation Lightning produces nitrogen oxides which dissolve in rain and fall to the soil Haber process – combines H and N to make AMMONIA High temperature, pressure plus catalyst needed Makes fertilizer – added to fields to increase productivity

20 Formula for nitrogen fixation – a reduction reaction
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21 Nitrogen cycle picture
Aerobic processes in purple, anaerobic in black Shade in red any organic compounds Shade in blue any inorganic compounds Shade in yellow all bacteria Shade in green all process names Productivity in orange Make a key for these colours How does nitrogen enter the living/non living part of the ecosystem?

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