Soil nutrients Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| essential elements | carbon, hydrogen, oxygen |
| Macronutrients | required in large amounts |
| Micronutrients | zinc is an example of a nutrient required by soils in small amounts. |
| Cholorisis | The yellowing of plant leaves |
| Nitrogen | Needed to make chlorophyll to produce dark green vegetation, |
| phosphorus deficient | blue/purple on the leaves |
| function of phosphorus | transfer of energy in the plant |
| potassium | K |
| function of potassium | regulates the stomata |
| scorched leaves + lodging | signs of not enough potassium in the soil |
| lodging | when a cereal crop bends over and lies flat on the ground |
| Glucose | C6H12O6 |
| Iron | Aneamia in pigs |
| Zinc | Low cereal crop yields. |
| Manganese | grey specks on oats |
| copper | swayback in sheep |
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sarah.donnelly
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