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?

Multiple Choice

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

• Zinc

• Chlorine

• Manganese

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.