Where Do Plants Get Most of Their Mass

question 23

Multiple Choice

Where do plants get most of their mass?

• A) from nitrogen in the atmosphere
• B) from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• C) from water, as van Helmont predicted
• D) from organic molecules taken up from the soil

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