What Particle of Soil Is Best at Retaining Dissolved Nutrients

question 99

Multiple Choice

What particle of soil is best at retaining dissolved nutrients that might otherwise trickle past roots too quickly to be absorbed?

• A)nodules
• B)humus
• C)silt
• D)clay
• E)sand

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