(Solved): Identify the correct order of the nitrogen cycle. 1. Plants turn the Nitrates (HNO3) into prote ...

Identify the correct order of the nitrogen cycle. 1. Plants turn the Nitrates (HNO3) into proteins. 2. Fungi and bacteria: turn animal waste, dead animals, and dead plants into ammonia, (NH3) which is converted back to nitrates (HNO3) 3. Nitrates (HNO3) in the soll are absorbed by roots of plants 4. N2 is the nitrogen gas in the atmosphere S. Nitrifying bacteria: turn the Ammonia (NH3) into Nitrites (HNO2) by the process of nitrification 6. Other nitrifying bacteria: turn the Nitrites into Nitrates (HNO3) 7. Bacteria in the nodules of legume plants take the nitrogen gas and convert it to ammonia $(\mathrm{NH}3)$ 8. Animals: eat the plants and turn plant protein into animal protein 9. Denitrifying bacteria: turn Nitrates (HNO3) into atmospheric nitrogen (N2)