Nutrition and Plant Growth
Your body needs six key nutrients to function properly. Carbohydrates provide your main energy source, lipids offer insulation and energy storage, and proteins enable growth and repair. Don't forget vitamins and minerals for overall health, water for all cellular processes, and fibre to keep your digestive system moving.
Plants have their own nutritional requirements for healthy growth. They need nitrates for leaf growth, phosphates for root development, potassium for flowers and fruit, and magnesium to make chlorophyll for that essential green colour.
Group 0/18 elements are called noble gases because they're incredibly unreactive - they rarely form compounds with other elements. Making electromagnets stronger involves wrapping more coils around the core, changing the core material, or increasing the voltage.
Plant power: Understanding what plants need helps explain why fertilisers contain specific minerals and why plants in poor soil struggle to thrive!