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Question 3

A plant nursery measures the volume of water taken up by a basil shoot and a sage shoot in separate potometers.

ShootWater uptake in mm3\mathrm{mm^3}mm3Time in minutes
Basil306
Sage728

The sage shoot has the higher rate of water uptake. By what percentage is this rate greater than the rate for the basil shoot?

[1]
A

80%80\%80%

B

140%140\%140%

C

44.4%44.4\%44.4%

D

180%180\%180%

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6.2 Transport in plants Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /6.2 Transport in plants

80 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Biology 6.2 Transport in plants, covering 6.2.1 Root hair cell adaptations, 6.2.2 Structure of xylem and phloem, 6.2.3 Transpiration and stomata, 6.2.4 Translocation of sucrose, 6.2.5 Leaf structure for photosynthesis, 6.2.6 Environmental factors on water uptake, 6.2.7 Rate calculations for transpiration, and 6.2.8 Plant adaptations to extreme environments. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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