What is the chemiosmotic gradient?

The removal of protons from the matrix and deposition of protons in the intermembrane space creates a concentration difference of protons across the inner membrane. This is called the chemiosmotic gradient. ... When the amount of energy required to push protons reaches 69.5 kJ/mole, electron transport has to stop.

Explanation:

What is Chemiosmosis and how does it work?

Chemiosmosis is the method which cells use to create ATP for energy. ... The electrons move through the electron transport chain to oxygen, where they generate energy which pumps the hydrogen ions against their concentration gradient from matrix to intermemberane space, so they can flow back down again.

step 1 ammonium can be absorbed by plants, but some is converted into nitrates which are better for plants to absorb. this is called nitrification. 2. step 2 the deer eats the plants and uses the nitrogen-containing proteins for cell growth. 3. step 3 bacteria in the soil conduct nitrogen fixation to convert nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonium. 4. step 4 some of the nitrates are absorbed back into plants, but denitrification breaks down the nitrates into nitrogen gas released back into the atmosphere. 5. step 5 nitrogen is found in the urine, which gets broken down into ammonium through the process of ammonification. 6. step 6 plants absorb the ammonium and begin assimilation, the process to add the nitrogen to protein.