Why is the nitrogen cycle important to living things?
1 Answer
May 29, 2016
The nitrogen cycle is important to all living things because all organisms are made up of nitrogen.
Explanation:
The nitrogen cycle describes how nitrogen moves across earth. Nitrogen is found in all living organisms: in amino acids, which in turn make up proteins, in nucleic acids, in adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and in other compounds that are essential for life.
DNA is made up of nitrogen:
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ATP is responsible for transporting chemical energy
within cells:
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Humans and all other living organisms would cease to exist without nitrogen, thus its availability and how it cycles through the environment has direct consequences for all living organisms.
