1.4- Soil Nutrients

Match the following:

• Main function is to contribute to the general health of a plant and improve disease resistance.

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• makes fruits "firm up" properly

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• Any member of the group of chemicals that contain phosphorus bonded to oxygen and other elements.

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• stimulates the growth of stems and leaves

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• General term for a substance containing two or more elements bonded together.

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Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What word means "a nourishing substance"?​ (a)  

• nutrient
• element

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the process by which nitrogen is moved from the air to the soil to be used by plants and returned to the atmosphere to be used again?​ (a)  

• nitrogen cycle
• phosphorus cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of bacteria converts nitrogen into ammonia, nitrates and other nitrogen compounds?​ (a)  

• nitrogen fixing bacteria
• denitrifying (bacteria)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the general term for a substance composed of only one type of atom?​​ (a)  

• element
• compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What type of bacteria converts nitrates in the soil into atmospheric nitrogen?​ (a)  

• denitrifying (bacteria)
• nitrogen-fixing (bacteria)