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| Native Americans' purposely planted a legume close to anotherplant (not a legume) so that the ammonia, made by the legume's nitrogen fixing bacteria, fertilized and helped the other plant grow |
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| On a small moud of dirt, Native Americans' planted corn (maize) in the middle of the mound, around the corn was planted pole beans, a legume that provided nitrogen in the form of ammonia (NH3) to fertilize the corn and squash was planted on the inner edge of the mound to keep weeds out and moisture in the mound's soil |
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| Native American belief system |
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| That all life is interrelated and interdependent is an important part of American Indian oral traditions and converation pratices |
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| (nitrogen gas, N2, in air in spaces around soil) + (nitrogen fixing bacteria living in the root nodules of squash (a legume) (right) ammonia, NH3, which both corn and pole beans use as a fertilizer to grow |
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