Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 28, Problem 2SQ
Decomposing organic matter in soil is called ______
- a. clay
- b. humus
- c. silt
- d. sand
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 28 - Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are _______ for...Ch. 28 - Decomposing organic matter in soil is called...Ch. 28 - A vascular cylinder consists of _______ a....Ch. 28 - Prob. 4SQCh. 28 - The nutrition of some plants is enhanced by a...Ch. 28 - Water evaporation from plant parts is called...Ch. 28 - Prob. 7SQCh. 28 - Prob. 8SQCh. 28 - Sieve tubes are part of ______. a. cortex b....Ch. 28 - With stomata closed, a waterproof cuticle ______...
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