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O-LevelBiologyTransport in Plants5090/11 · May/June 2023 · Q41 Mark

The graph shows the effect of oxygen on the uptake of ions by two sets of barley plants. Except for oxygen availability, both sets of barley plants were grown in identical conditions. Which process is taking place to explain the difference between the two curves?

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Aactive transport
Bdiffusion
Cosmosis
Dphotosynthesis

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A: active transport

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Transport in Plants, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, May/June 2023 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 4.

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