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And the reverse biochemical process is equally misunderstood. I used to teach high school Science and everyone thought a tree's mass came from the soil. http:/
by MarcScott 12y ago
And the reverse biochemical process is equally misunderstood. I used to teach high school Science and everyone thought a tree's mass came from the soil.
http://youtu.be/2KZb2_vcNTg http://youtu.be/2KZb2_vcNTg
- yincrash 12y agoVeritasium also made a video about the article subject in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2e0rWvjKI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2e0rWvjKI
- duaneb 12y agoThis is not incorrect, a tree's mass does come partially from the soil, it's just that the majority comes from the atmosphere. It's not like the tree just puts out roots cause it likes the feeling. Where do you think all the water mass in a tree comes from? I would more chalk this up to too little biology, too late, for people to learn well. And, frankly, it's not something everyone NEEDS to know; misunderstandings are not the end of the world.
- gayprogrammer 12y ago> Where do you think all the water mass in a tree comes from? Still, we don't normally assume that water is the primary component of "soil". The key realization is that a tree is not made of the dirt around it.