Nitrogen#7 Life type

Nitrogen (N) element facts for kids

Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air you breathe, but you cannot see it or smell it. Farmers feed plants nitrogen from fertilizer bags, and liquid nitrogen is so cold it makes fog.

Lifethe Fertilizer Fog

Battle stats

7 Toughness Light stuff, easy to break apart

+1 Power Nitrogen gas barely reacts

3 Speed A very light atom

Real facts

1Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air you breathe.
2Farmers feed plants nitrogen from fertilizer bags.
3Liquid nitrogen is colder than a freezer and makes fog.

Moves

Air FloodHit

A clean hit.

Most of the air is already nitrogen, so this move is just “there is suddenly even more of me.”

Liquid FreezeTrick

Small hit plus a status. Once per card. Causes: Frozen.

When nitrogen is squeezed into a liquid it is colder than a freezer, and that cold fog is what you see pouring from a science-show tank.

Fertilizer BoomForce

Hits harder, but you take 1.

The same nitrogen that helps plants grow can also pop very fast if it is packed as a fertilizer powder — plant food and a bang are the same family of mixes.

Battle type

LifeNonmetals living things are built from.

Type bonus: Heals 1 HP at the end of each round.

Beats×2

Rare EarthOxygen reacts readily with rare-earth metals. Real science

Weak to×2

BlastReactive metals react violently with water, and living things are mostly water. Real science
NuclearIonizing radiation damages living cells. Real science

Real science: it happens, though not always. Game rule: keeps battles fair.

Nonmetal family: The living-world family: air, plants, rust, and fire.

Nitrogen quick facts

Nitrogen quick facts
Atomic number	7
Symbol	N
Family	Nonmetal
Group (column)	15
Period (row)	2
State at room temperature	Gas
Discovered	1772, Daniel Rutherford

Interesting facts about nitrogen

About 78% of the air is nitrogen.
Liquid nitrogen boils at about −196 °C (−321 °F).
Plants need nitrogen to grow, which is why it is in fertilizer.
Bags of chips are often filled with nitrogen to keep them fresh.

What are Nitrogen's moves, and the real science behind them?

Air Flood

In the game: Fill the field and slow everyone. The real science: Most of the air is already nitrogen, so this move is just “there is suddenly even more of me.”

Liquid Freeze

In the game: Freeze status. The real science: When nitrogen is squeezed into a liquid it is colder than a freezer, and that cold fog is what you see pouring from a science-show tank.

Fertilizer Boom

In the game: Big hit with recoil. The real science: The same nitrogen that helps plants grow can also pop very fast if it is packed as a fertilizer powder — plant food and a bang are the same family of mixes.

Where does Nitrogen fit among the nine types?

Nitrogen is Life type. Life is the type for the nonmetals living things are built from: hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur and selenium. It hits Rare Earth cards for double damage and takes double damage from Blast and Nuclear. Read Elemon's nine types vs. the real element families for the full map.

Nitrogen in the game
Elemon type	Life
Hearts	2
Strong against (×2)	Rare Earth
Weak to (×2)	Blast, Nuclear
Resists (×½)	none
Type power	Heals 1 HP at the end of each round.

Want nitrogen on the table? Its card is in the free printable first 20 element cards, and it is one of the first 20 elements most classes start with.