Which benefit do plants derive when specialized bacteria perform nitrogen fixation?

💡 Explanation

Nitrogen fixation converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia that plants can use; therefore, the plant benefits from increased nitrate production available in the soil, rather than other benefits like erosion control, cold tolerance or reduced surface tension because nitrates directly fuel growth processes.

• Which limitation arises for deep-diving marine mammals that repeatedly compress and decompress lung gases?
• Which consequence results when a snake's venom delivery system fails by blockage?
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• Which heat-generation mechanism is stimulated by thyroid hormones that increases metabolic rate in skeletal muscle?
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