Electrons, everything is pretty much based around the likeliness of electrons to be swapped or shared between atoms
Nitrogen can form a diatomic molecule held together by triple bonds.
There are 9 orbitals in the third energy level and 25 orbitals in the fifth energy level.
I hope this helps you.
Prarie Grass Protects soil ( And this is just what I think, so I am sorry if I am wrong)
But I think that the grass is there so that the dirt doesn't fly away.