BIOL 1103 Midterm: Exam 5 Study Notes at UGA
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Weight would increase because the plant has carbon dioxide emitted into environment through. The process by which ammonium gets changed into nitrates by bacteria. Part of the decaying process; when a plant or animal dies, decomposers. First step in process of making nitrogen usable by plants. Assimilation how plants get nitrogen; absorb nitrates from the soil into their roots. Nitrogen gets used in amino acids, nucleic acids, and chlorophyll. Ammonification (fungi, bacteria) turn the nitrogen back into ammonium so it can reenter the nitrogen cycle. Denitrification extra nitrogen in the soil gets put back into the air. Plant left in sunny condition with water sunlight to use in photosynthesis, and convert carbon dioxide into it"s own mass. Plant left in dark condition with water weight would decrease because the plant undergoes cellular respiration, but cannot create it"s own carbon mass through photosynthesis.
