Biology PYQ 49 of 227 · Plant Physiology: Photosynthesis, Respiration & Nutrition

Plants receive their nutrients mainly from

  1. Aatmosphere
  2. Blight
  3. Csoil
  4. Dchlorophyll
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

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Correct answer: (c) soil

Explanation

Plants absorb their mineral nutrients mainly from the soil through their roots.

Roots take up nutrients only in dissolved ionic forms such as nitrate, phosphate and potassium.

Light and chlorophyll drive food-making, not nutrient uptake; the atmosphere supplies only carbon and oxygen.

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