Explain why water logged soils are usually deficient in nitrates

Low levels of oxygen in/by the root zone causes soil & plants to turn deficient and die .

another reason is because anaerobic microbes that have gotten waterlogged create a toxic/bad waste that harms its surrounding living plants.

compost can be added to topsoil as a:

pesticide

answer:

the water molecules are transferred from the roots to the stem or top parts of the tall tree because of important properties of water which are adhesion, cohesion and capillary action. cohesion is the property of water molecules keeps water molecules in a combined state by sharing of bonds between them at the atomic level. adhesion allows the interaction of water molecules with other substances or substrate. adhesion will cause the attachment of water molecules to the wall of the vessel (xylem) of the plant. capillary action occurs when the adhesive force to the vessel wall is stronger than the cohesive force between water molecules. capillary action mimics the transfer of water from a tube or pipe. in this way water utilizes its property to transfer water from down to top level of the plant.