This reading provides a quick overview of soil nutrients and why it is important to plant growth. Includes discussion questions

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Discipline
Life Sciences
Grade Level
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Chemistry
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
soil nutrients
Soil pH
Plant Growth
Macronutrient
Micronutrient
Toxicity
Essential Elements
Soil chemistry

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
9-12 LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems

Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.
9-12 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics
9-12

Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.
9-12

Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.