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To Be Completed:
DO ANIMALS LIVE LONGER IN THE WILD OR CAPTIVITY?
DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH BY MIDNIGHT.
Quiz Tuesday - How Environment Affects Living Things
Today’s Lesson:
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Unit Notes:
Key nutrients for Plants
Carbon dioxide
Needed for photosynthesis
plants obtain from air
Water
Needed for photosynthesis
dissolves and caries nutrients in soil
Nitrogen
necessary for amino acids which make up proteins
proteins control traits
Phosphorus
cell membranes and ATP
ATP is how organisms package, store an access energy for life
Potassium
key in controlling plant metabolism
growth, photosynthesis, etc.
Common fertilizers supply these three nutrients
NPK
“20-27-5 fertilizer” will be 20 percent nitrogen, 27 percent phosphorus, and 5 percent potassium
mixtures vary for different kinds of crops and plants