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O-LevelBiologyPlant Nutrition5090/12 · May/June 2020 · Q21 Mark

Which movement of a substance in plants is an energy-consuming process?

Aabsorption of carbon dioxide by a palisade cell
Babsorption of oxygen by a mesophyll cell
Cnitrate uptake by root hair cells
Dtransport of water up through the xylem

✓ Correct answer

C: nitrate uptake by root hair cells

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Plant Nutrition, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, May/June 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 2.

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