In what ways can nitrogen gas be broken down into nutrients for plants

it can be done by oxidation and reduction.

Some nitrogen fixing bacterias are also responsible for converting atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates that plants can use (e.g ribozhium )

bacterias in the soil participate in nitrification as well, oxidizing ammonium ions into nitrates which plants can use.

Explanation:

Oxidation produces nitrate compounds

reduction produces ammoniacal compounds.

the form of energy changes and the total energy increases0l

one is through turgidity. this occurs before ground tissue ( collenchyma

and sclerenchyma cells) become well

developed to give structural support to the plant as it grows bigger. the xylem

tissue (composed of rigid tissue) of the young

plant render this support and also maintaining osmotic turgidity of the surrounding

plant cells.