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In Ecosystems. Organisms tend to get phosphorus from their local ecosystem. An  organism can also get nitrogen from its local ecosystem. Nitrogen  is added to the organism's local ecosyste â¦ m by bacteria from the  air.
#2. phyzguy Science Advisor. The nutrients that plants get from the soil don't generally include living organisms. For the most part, plants don't require eating other organisms as a source of energy, and animals do. Most plants get their energy from the sun instead of eating other organisms. There are some exceptions, like Venus fly-traps, which are plants that eat insects for nutrients (not for energy), and animals like worms that eat primarily dead organic matter.