What comes out of thunderstorms and rainfall that gives plant cells food?

Question

I can't remember what it is. My teacher told me and my guesses are between nitrogen and carbon Dioxide

Answer 1

go with the first answer.

Answer 2

Lightning discharges produce oxides of nitrogen, which dissolve in rain and come down as very dilute acids of nitrogen. These acrt as plant food. It has been estimated that the total nitrogen delivered in this manner far exceeds the world's total production of nitrogen fertilizers.

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Answer 3

Electrical discharge converts nitrogen into nitrates. It can tag hydrogen onto nitrogen to produce ammonia but that would be very little.

Rain often brings sulphates that acidify the soil, making most micro nutrients more available if the soil started as high pH ( as in lime rich).

CO2 is  available in the air, and not particularly from a storm. But of course to use CO2 a plant has to have the water that comes from the cloud.

Answer 4

Try Magnesium.