Question

Name the scientist with the help of the given paragraph. He conducted an experiment for five years with a willow tree. He concluded that the substances needed for the growth of a plant do not come from the soil only and plants grow because of the water it gets. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Jan Baptist

Explanation:

After five years, he discovered that the willow tree weighed about 74 kg more than it did at the start. As the weight of the soil had hardly changed, van Helmont concluded that plant growth cannot only be due to minerals from the soil.