a plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow & soil contains nutrients for plants ->  a plant requires nutrients from soil to grow  soil contains water & a plants / living things require water for survival / 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 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 ->  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 roots is to absorb water and nutrients  the funtion of a plant's roots is to absorb water and nutrients & 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