Question

HELP!! Decomposers are important to the biogeochemical cycle because they break down organic matter and make the nutrients available to other organisms. What is the process of breaking down organic nitrogen to ammonia known as?​

Answer 1

Ammonification

Step-by-step explanation:

The ammonification is part of the nitrogen cycle. This process occurs when the plants and animals die. The dead plants and animals start to decompose because of the organisms like the fungi and bacteria that manage to decompose them. As they are decomposed, the nitrogen is converted into ammonium by the decomposers. The ammonium is returned into the soil, thus becoming available for the living organisms that can extract it from it, and in that manner continuing the nitrogen cycle.