SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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In environmental science, what is a nutrient?
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organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon
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the chemicals in food that make it taste good
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an element on the periodic table
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matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The most important nutrients they need are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Other nutrients needed by plants are nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur. From these basic nutrients, plants and other autotrophs synthesize, or create, their own nutrients, such as sugars.
Detailed explanation-2: -The answer is C. Nutrients are defined as compounds needed by our body for the maintenance of health, provision of energy, for the repair of wounded cells, for growth and regulation of processes in our body.
Detailed explanation-3: -So, the correct answer is ‘ingestion’.
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