1. What properties of soils affect the availability of nutrients for plants? 2.

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1. What properties of soils affect the availability of nutrients for plants? 2. Explain the key processes that allows water to move from soils to plant roots and from plant roots to leaves How have plants in dry environments adapted? 3. Briefly summarize the process of photosynthesis. Diagram the two major anatomical and physiological modifications to photosynthesis in hot and dry environments. Label and describe their similarities & differences, and compare the trade-offs of the ancestral pathway and each derived photosynthesis pathway 4. Display visually the various ways in which a terrestrial organism can lose or gain heat from the environment 5. Why is it warmer during the summer season than during the winter season, in the temperate zones? 6. Why do the tropics have rainy and dry seasons? 7. The average annual rainfall in Olympic National Park near Seattle, Washington is 142 inches, while it's only8 inches for Yakima, Washington, about 150 miles away .The park is located along the Pacific coastline, while Yakima is located on the other side of the Cascade Mountain range. Discuss why there is this big difference in annual rainfall between the two places in Washington State

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(1) Properties of soil that affect availability of nutrients are as follow:-
- sorption capacity of soil.
- Size of hydrated ions in soil.
- soil reaction
- soil pH
- buffering capacity of soil
- biological capacity
- organic Matter
- temperature of soil

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