What basic nutrients necessary for life are present in soil? A) iron, magnesium, silicon, sodium, calcium, potassium
B) hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
phosphorous, sulfur
C) rocks, minerals, microorganisms, root hairs, animals
D) waste matter, bacteria dead plants, animals

periodic trends is an atom that gets larger as the number of electronic shells increase, the radius of atoms increases as you go down a certain group in the periodic table of elements. in general, the size of an atom will decrease as you move from left to right of a certain period.