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How does fossilized carbon get back into the atmosphere? (2 poic) living organisms need nitrogen to build proteins and nucleic acids, but nitrogen cannot be used by plants in its gaseous state. how does a plant get the nitrogen from the soil? name one of the nitrogen compounds produced in the process?

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Answer: Common fossilized carbon is coal. One way coal can get back into the atmosphere is by burning it in power plants. A way plants can get nitrogen from the soil is by absorbing it. Amino acids can be produced in the process.

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