Nitrogen Condensation Proteins Atmospheric Amino acids Rocks fixation nitrogen (N2) Animals Plants Animals Plants Animals Plants Plants Dead plants Dead plants Dead plants Carbon Methane (CH4) and animals and animals and animals dioxide Decomposers Nitrogen Decomposers Precipitation Runoff Wind fixing bacteria Limestone Fossil Fuels Surface Water Surface Water Surface Surface Water (Calcium Water carbonate) Fossil Fuels Denitrifying Nitrifying Evaporation Cellular Photosynthesis bacteria bacteria respiration Ammonia Transpiration Infiltration or Combustion Water vapor Cell (NH3) percolation membranes (Phospholipids) Carbohydrates Acid Rain Global Very slow No Erosion of (C6H12O6) warming process atmospheric minerals form Fertilizer Fertilizer Legumes CFCs Nitrites, Groundwater (beans and Nitrates nuts) Aquifer Fossil fuels Ocean Eutrophication uptake Plant uptake Acidification Plant uptake Plant uptake Food chains Food chains Food chains Diffusion Lightning Diffusion into Eutrophication Coal Oil DNA/RNA soil
Nitrogen fixation Condensation Proteins Atmospheric nitrogen (N2) Amino acids Rocks Animals Plants Animals Plants Animals Plants Plants Dead plants and animals Dead plants and animals Dead plants and animals Carbon dioxide Methane (CH4) Decomposers Nitrogen fixing bacteria Decomposers Precipitation Runoff Wind Limestone (Calcium carbonate) Fossil Fuels Surface Water Surface Water Surface Water Surface Water Fossil Fuels Denitrifying bacteria Nitrifying bacteria Evaporation Cellular respiration Photosynthesis Ammonia (NH3) Transpiration Infiltration or percolation Combustion Water vapor Cell membranes (Phospholipids) Carbohydrates (C6H12O6) Acid Rain Global warming Very slow process No atmospheric form Erosion of minerals Fertilizer Fertilizer Legumes (beans and nuts) CFCs Nitrites, Nitrates Groundwater Aquifer Fossil fuels Ocean Acidification Eutrophication uptake Plant uptake Plant uptake Plant uptake Food chains Food chains Food chains Diffusion Lightning Diffusion into soil Eutrophication Coal Oil DNA/RNA
cycle_performance_assessment.docx