Question

Soil performs all of the following functions except ____
(a) Providing nitrogen to plants
(b) Providing water to plants
(c) Providing air to plant roots
(d) Providing carbon to plants.
also explain with explanation.
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Answer 1

Soil performs all of the following functions except Providing carbon to plants.

Plants need energy from the sun, water from the soil, and carbon from the air to grow. ... They absorb carbon dioxide from the air. This carbon makes up most of the building materials that plants use to build new leaves, stems, and roots. The oxygen used to build glucose molecpules is also from carbon dioxide.