Plant nutrients

Question 1

Name 4 plant nutrients

Answer 1

Magnesium
Potassium
Nitrates
Phosphorus

Question 2

Magnesium’s ion

Answer 2

Mg^2 +

Question 3

Potassium’s ion

Answer 3

K^+

Question 4

Nitrates ion

Answer 4

NO_3 -

Question 5

Phosphorus’s ion

Answer 5

PO_4^3 -

Question 6

Magnesium’s function in plants

Answer 6

Used to make chlorophyll which makes chloroplasts, this helps with photosynthesis

Question 7

Potassium’s function in plants

Answer 7

Regulates stomata, opening and closing CO2 into the plant, which helps with photosynthesis

Question 8

Function of Nitrates in plants

Answer 8

Used for protein synthesis and protein helps with growth

Question 9

Phosphorus’s function in plants

Answer 9

Required for healthy roots, which means less nutrients absorbed

Question 10

Magnesium defiency symptoms

Answer 10

Yellowing of the leaves

Question 11

Potassium deficiency symptoms in plants

Answer 11

Yellowing/death of ledge edges

Question 12

Nitrates defiency symptoms

Answer 12

Purple leaves

Question 13

If a plant is underwater what is it lacking and what does it have too much of

Answer 13

It is lacking CO2
It has enough water

Question 15

If a plant is in the dark and only has artificial light what is it lacking

Answer 15

It needs sunlight

Question 16

What would red leaves on a tree be lacking

Answer 16

It is lacking chlorophyll

Question 17

If a plant has now on top of it what would it be lacking

Answer 17

It needs an increase of temperature