OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -Soil provides the plants with nutrients and water required for growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Soil provides plants with the foothold for their roots. It also holds the necessary nutrients to allow plants to grow. Additionally, it filters the rainwater and regulates excess rainwater, which prevents flooding.

Detailed explanation-3: -The soil itself is not really needed by the plants-just the nutrients and water in it. So if the nutrients are put in water, the plants can get what they need to grow without the soil. For example, hydroponic is a technique of growing plants using solutions rich in mineral nutrients without soil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Soil is a non living thing as it cannot perform the fundammental biological processes on its own. An organism or a thing should fulfill all the characteristics of a living organism to be considered as living.

Detailed explanation-5: -Yes, plants can grow without soil, but they cannot grow without the necessities that soil provides. Plants need support, nutrients, protection from adverse temperatures, an even supply of moisture, and they need oxygen around the roots.