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O-LevelBiologyPlant Nutrition5090/12 · Oct/Nov 2023 · Q81 Mark

For which processes do plants need either nitrate ions or magnesium ions? [Table 8.1]

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Asynthesis of cellulose: ✓, synthesis of chlorophyll: ✓, synthesis of proteins: ✓
Bsynthesis of cellulose: ✓, synthesis of chlorophyll: ✓, synthesis of proteins: X
Csynthesis of cellulose: ✓, synthesis of chlorophyll: X, synthesis of proteins: X
Dsynthesis of cellulose: X, synthesis of chlorophyll: ✓, synthesis of proteins: ✓

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D: synthesis of cellulose: X, synthesis of chlorophyll: ✓, synthesis of proteins: ✓

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Plant Nutrition, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2023 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 8.

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