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O-LevelBiologyPlant Nutrition5090/11 · May/June 2013 · Q61 Mark

What is the effect of a lack of nitrate ions on plant leaves?

Aall leaves are very dark green
Bleaves lose their yellow colour
Cthe leaves wilt
Dyoung leaves grow very slowly

✓ Correct answer

D: young leaves grow very slowly

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Plant Nutrition, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, May/June 2013 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 6.

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