Lightning keeps plants alive. The intense heat of lightning forces (a)______________ in the air to mix with (b)_______________, forming (c)____________ _____________that are soluble in water and fall to the ground in rain. Plants need (d)______________ to survive, so without lightning, plants could not live. Enjoy this one!
Spoiler Lightning helps to keep plants alive as atoms of nitrogen and oxygen combine to form particles of nitric oxide. As it cools, this compound becomes nitrogen dioxide. The falling rain turns the nitrogen dioxide into a watery solution of nitric acid. Chemicals in the soil change the nitric acid into the nitrate compounds which the plants need to make proteins to survive.
Lightning keeps plants alive. The intense heat of lightning forces nitrogen in the air to mix with oxygen, forming nitrogen oxides that are soluble in water and fall to the ground in rain. Plants need nitrates to survive, so without lightning, plants could not live.
Aha Interesting. Gosh I showed this post to my hubby and all he thinks about is NOS (speed freaks will love lightning he says)
Cool. I have heard that snow puts nitrogens into the soil and is called "the poor man's fertilizer". I think I heard that in science classes when I in high school a few eons ago.
