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How do plants and animals get nitrogen if not from the atmosphere?

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All plants and animals need nitrogen to make amino acids, proteins and DNA, but the nitrogen in the atmosphere is not in a form that they can use. ... Animals get the nitrogen they need by eating plants or other animals that contain nitrogen.

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