Living organisms can incorporate nitrates into their metabolism. Nitrates are a form of nitrogen that plants can absorb from the soil, and then they can be taken up by animals when they eat the plants.
UNIT 5
Matter and Energy Flow
LESSON S
Recycling of Nitrogen
Recycling of Nitrogen Quick Check
Living organisms can incorporate
• ammonia
• nitrites
O nitrates
• nitrogen gas
into their metabolism. (1 point)
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