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Mon 12 Apr, 2004 07:44 pm
How does the Nirtogen Cycle work?
That's a very broad question. You could find looking it up in a biology textbook helpful.
Alternatively, check out these web pages.
The Nitrogen Cycle
The Nitrogen Cycle
CHEMISTRY AND ISSUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT -The Nitrogen Cycle
There's plenty of pages on the web with descriptions and diagrams.
Here's a science experiment that illustrates the principles of the Nitrate Cycle. Take a 10 gallon aquarium filled with clean water and 20 guppies. Then add 1 lb. of hamburger meat. Then wait a week.