soil contains nutrients for plants & an animal / living thing requires nutrients for survival ->  a plant requires nutrients from soil for survival  absorbing something is a kind of method for obtaining something & if a living thing requires something then that living thing must obtain that something ->  if a living thing requires something then that living thing can absorb that something  a plant requires nutrients from soil for survival & if a living thing requires something then that living thing can absorb that something ->  a plant absorbs nutrients from soil for survival  a plant absorbs nutrients from soil for survival & plant uptake is when plants absorb nutrients from soil into themselves through their roots ->  roots are used for absorbing nutrients from soil  roots are used for absorbing nutrients from soil & roots grow into the dirt -> roots grow into the dirt to absorb nutrients