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What is important in helping living things survive.Explain why living things need nitrogen.

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Sunlight.
Living things need nitrogen because it forms a part of the proteins and DNA that are found in cells. Animals get nitrogen from eating plants and other animals and just like animals, plants require nitrogen to grow and survive.
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Nitrogen makes up part of the proteins and DNA in our and other organisms cells. 
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