A plant is grown with its roots in a clear container of nutrient solution under bright light, so light reaches its roots as well as its leaves.
A student compares a palisade mesophyll cell from one of its leaves with a root hair cell from one of its roots. The student claims:
'Both cells are living plant cells in the light, so both cells will make glucose by photosynthesis.'
Explain whether the student's claim is correct.
117 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 1.4 Photosynthesis, covering 1.4.1 Photosynthesisers as biomass producers, 1.4.2 Factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis, and 1.4.3 Limiting factors in photosynthesis. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.