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You Eat Dirt!

You Eat Dirt!. Soil, Food, and Health. Healthy bodies need lots of nutrients . . That’s why we need to eat a diversity of foods. He’s Eating Dirt !. Everything in that juicy burger came from the soil:. ….. the beef and cheese come from cows (that eat plants), .

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You Eat Dirt!

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  1. You Eat Dirt! • Soil, Food, and Health

  2. Healthy bodies need lots of nutrients. That’s why we need to eat a diversity of foods.

  3. He’s Eating Dirt! Everything in that juicy burger came from the soil:

  4. ….. the beef andcheese come from cows (that eat plants),

  5. ……. the tomatoes, onions, and lettuce…… Tomatoes OnionsLettuce

  6. ……andwheatfor the bun ……. even the sesame seeds came from the soil….. Oh, and the ketchup…(from tomatoes), mustard…(mustard seeds), frenchfries…(potatoes) WheatMustardpotato

  7. Vocabulary • Compost • Deficiency • Fertility • Fertilizer • Macronutrients • Minerals • Nitrogen • Nutrients • Phosphorus • Potassium • Uptake

  8. Vocabulary • Calcium – macronutrient essential to plant growth and function, important to moving Nitrogen • Iron – micronutrient responsible for plant photosynthesis and growth • Magnesium – macronutrient essential to plant growth and phosphorus uptake • Micronutrients – essential nutrients not needed in a large amount, but still very important • Soil testing - the process to find out what kind of nutrients a soil has.

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