NECO Biology · Plant and animal nutrition

Mineral requirement of plants: NECO Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Mineral requirement of plants

Our summary: The macro- and micro-nutrients plants need and where they get them.

  • Mineral nutrition: macro and micro-nutrients (Macro elements should include: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulphur, calcium and iron. The micro elements should include: copper, manganese, zinc and boron.)
  • Soil and atmosphere as sources of mineral elements (Candidates should distinguish between food produced and mineral elements.)

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NECO Biology questions on Mineral requirement of plants

  1. NECO 2009Plants use Nitrogen in the form of
  2. NECO 2005Poor growth and yellowing of leaves in plants is due to deficiency of
  3. NECO 2004When a plant shows yellowing of leaves and stunted growth, the plant is deficient in
  4. NECO 2003When a plant shows reddish leaves, the soil is deficient in
  5. NECO 2002Iron is mainly required by plants for … formation.

Years with Mineral requirement of plants questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

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