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In the nitrogen cycle, plants use nitrogen compounds to produce *

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The answer is proteins

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Answer: Once nitrogen is converted into compounds like ammonium and nitrate, these can be taken up from soils by plants and then the nitrogen can be used to form macromolecules like proteins and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).

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