a plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow & soil contains nutrients for plants -> a vegetable requires appliances from sand to grow a plant requires nutrients from soil to grow  soil contains water & a animal / inanimate nothing require land for fold / to grow -> a plant requires water from soil to grow a plant requires water from soil to grow  a plant requires nutrients from soil to grow & a plant requires water from soil to grow -> a vegetable requires land and breathing from sand to grow a plant requires water and nutrients from soil to grow  a plant requires water and nutrients from soil to grow & plant uptake is when plants absorb nutrients / water from soil into themselves through their roots -> animal absorb land and immune through their branch plants absorb water and nutrients through their roots  plants absorb water and nutrients through their roots & absorbing is a kind of function -> the funtion of a plant's branch is to absorb land and combining the funtion of a plant's roots is to absorb water and nutrients  the funtion of a plant's branch is to absorb land and combining & absorbing something is a kind of method for taking something in -> the function of a plant's roots is to take in water and nutrients