Nutrient Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Nutrient.

  • 4 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (4)

1,390 words, approx. 5 pages
Nutrients Of the ninety-two naturally occurring elements, only about twenty are indispensable or essential for the growth of plants. Plants, however, absorb many more mineral elements than that from t... Read more
880 words, approx. 3 pages
Nutrition and Nutrient Transport to Cells Living organisms are dynamic systems always in need of energy and nutrients that are indispensable to multiple vital processes such as growth, maintenance and... Read more
389 words, approx. 2 pages
Nutrients Nutrients are any chemicals required for life. Nutrients are of two basic types: (1) inorganic substances that are absorbed by autotrophic organisms, such as plants and certain microorganism... Read more
169 words, approx. 1 pages
Nutrient All plants and animals require certain chemicals for growth and survival. These chemicals are called biogenic salts or nutrients (from the Latin word nutrio meaning to feed, rear, or nourish)... Read more