Question

Which soil-based compounds do plants use to create amino acids from glucose?
Responses

hydrogen
hydrogen

nitrogen
nitrogen

carbon
carbon

fluoride

Answer 1

Plants utilize nitrogen-based compounds from the soil to create amino acids from glucose. While glucose provides the carbon skeleton necessary for the formation of amino acids, nitrogen is essential for the synthesis of the amino groups that are integral to amino acids.

So, the correct response from your options is:

**nitrogen**