Biology / Bio 2581 · Atom · ~20 seconds
"Plants Get Most of Their Mass From the Soil"
Video not yet published
to the StudyWalks catalog
to the StudyWalks catalog
State
Assuming a plant's mass comes mainly from soil overstates soil's contribution — most dry mass traces to carbon captured from air, not ground.
Show
A tree's trunk gains most bulk from carbon fixed out of atmospheric carbon dioxide, not soil lost around its roots.
Watch for
This entry states the popular assumption — Bio 2583 gives the reaction supplying most of a plant's mass.