Essential Nutrients for Plant Growth

Poll

What are the objectives for the day?

• To learn essentail nutrients for plant growth

• To learn how those nutrients become availalble to plants

• To identify deficiency and toxicity symptoms

Multiple Choice

What are the two groups nutrients are broken down into?

• Macroburgs and Microburgs

• Macronutrients and Micronurtrients

Multiple Choice

Macronutrients are used in small quantities within the plant.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Briefly describe the materials and products used in the process of photosynthesis.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is nitrogen responsible for in the plant?

• Makes the plant pretty

• Increases overall fruit/seed production

• Allows roots to grow deeper

• Makes nutrients more readily available to the plant.

Open Ended

What does a plant with nitrogen defeciency look like?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is phosphorous responsible for in the plant?

• Makes the plant pretty

• Increases overall fruit/seed production

• Allows roots to grow deeper

• Makes nutrients more readily available to the plant.

Open Ended

What could be a sign for a plant that is phosphorous deficient?

Poll

What percent of potassium is readily available to the plant in the soil?

• 1-2%

• 1-10%

• 90-98%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

Which leaves will turn yellow due to lack of potassium?

• New leaves

• Young Leaves

• Older Leaves

Open Ended

Why is calcium important for a plant?

Fill in the Blank

_____nutrients are used in large quantities within the plant.

Fill in the Blank

Another name for micronutrients is _____ ________

Multiple Choice

If a plant were exhibiting yellowing of new growth, what might that plant be deficient in?

• Zinc

• Chlorine

• Manganese

Fill in the Blank

The process of nitrificication converts ________ nitrogen into nirtrate nitrogen.

Open Ended

What are the four factors that nitrification depend on?

Multiple Select

What are the four methods for nitrogen to become fixed within the soil?

• Legumes

• Denitrification

• Mineralization

• Lightning

Open Ended

Summarize what you learned about nutrients from this lesson.