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Which process in the nitrogen cycle takes extra nitrogen from the soil and puts it back into the air

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Assimilation

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This is how plants get nitrogen. They absorb nitrates from the soil into their roots. ... When a plant or animal dies, decomposers like fungi and bacteria turn the nitrogen back into ammonium so it can reenter the nitrogen cycle

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