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Explain how nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is changed into nitrogen compounds that

plants can use.

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To be used by plants, the N2 must be transformed through a process called nitrogen fixation. Fixation converts nitrogen in the atmosphere into forms that plants can absorb through their root systems.

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