In order for plants to assimilate nitrogen directly into their system, the nitrogen must be in the form of nitrates. Nitrogen in the air and ammonia from decayed matter in the soil is converted to ammonium by decomposers and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The ammonium is further nitrified to nitrates by nitrifying bacteria. Finally, the nitrates can then absorbed by the plants.
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Photosynthesis
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The sun keeps the carbon cycle working by providing light energy. This light energy is used to carry out a process called photosynthesis by organisms that are known as producers. This process creates organic matter from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis thus helps maintain the activity of carbon sinks.
It would be nice to see the 4 stages titled to have a clue to what they could be. You see, chemical evolution is a myth, like Darwin's "warm little ponds." There are no naturalistic processes that have any power to accomplish the complex, diverse, extensive and highly non-entropic assembly of biochemical elements, molecules and assemblies into even the simplest life.
There is no primordial soup, panspermia is a distraction, none of the intractable issues for the origin of life.
Logically, the first step is collection of all elements, second, first level assembly of amino acids lipid membranes, proteins, third, higher level combination of biochemical molecules and generation of nucleotide coded DNA containing the processing code for generation and production of RNA, enzymes ribozymes and all other cellular functions, then fourth, the execution of all metabolism, nutrient collection, waste elimination and reproduction consistent with a living organism. Admittedly speculative since chemical evolution is a myth.
Answer: The first three zones of the ocean are called the Intertidal zone, the Neritic zone, and the Open ocean zone.
The open-ocean zone is then split into 3 subzones. These subzones are called; <u>The sunlit zone, twilight zone, and the benthic zone. </u>
The sunlit zone is home to the plankton and jellyfish. The twilight zone is home to the giant squid and deep-sea hatchet fish. The benthic zone has over 200,000 plants and animal species that do not need light to survive.
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