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Plants get water, and some trace minerals, from the soil. However, they also need carbon dioxide from the air, and of course energy, which they get from the Sun.

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Soil also supports life by containing microbial life. For some plants these organisms are necessary for processes such as nitrogen fixation. There are many symbiotic relationships between soils and some plants.

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