Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into
A. free nitrogen
B. urea
C. ammonia
D. proteins
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
The plant cells absorb nitrates from the soil and convert them into ammonia which ultimately reduced to ammonium ions (NH4+). These ammonium ions are then combined with organic compounds to form amino acids such as glutamine i.e., free nitrogen. This process of conversion is known as nitrogen fixation.Join The Discussion
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ans must be = protein
cause the final product after nitrogen fixation is amino acids [i.e food for them]
and i am not getting any refers about glutamine side to be free nitrogen please check it
If the question is conversion of nitrates into what, then it is ammonia. Then why it is written free nitrogen!
Option D.
Nitrogen is transported from the root of a plant to the shoot via the xylem in the form of nitrate, dissolved ammonia and amino acids.
Most of the nitrate reduction is carried out in the shoots while the roots reduce only a small fraction of the absorbed nitrate to ammonia.
Ammonia (both absorbed and synthesized) is incorporated into amino acids via the glutamine synthetase-glutamate synthase pathway.
may be in nitrogen cycle
How it occurs