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CAIE IGCSE Biology 19.3.2 The Nitrogen Cycle

Practise tracing nitrogen through fixation, nitrification, plant uptake, feeding, decomposition, deamination and denitrification.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Biology 0610

Exam points

  • label nitrogen fixation, nitrification, decomposition and denitrification on cycle diagrams
  • trace nitrate uptake into plant amino acids and proteins, then transfer through feeding
  • identify ammonium and nitrate ions and link each bacterial process to its conversion

19.3.2—Nitrogen cycle with reference to: • question 1

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Fig. 5.1 is a diagram of a plant root hair cell.
Key
× nitrate ion
- water molecule

Fig. 5.1

Fig. 5.1

State two ways that nitrogen fixation occurs.

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