What would happen if the soil around a tall tree were contaminated by salt?
A) The tree would continue to grow just as it had before the salt contamination.
B) The tree would become stronger because of the increase of minerals in the soil.
C) The tree would require less water to maintain a water potential gradient.
D) The tree could die because the soil water potential would be lower than that of the root.
E) The tree would create more xylem to accommodate the extra mineral load.
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Q1: What happens when a large amount of
Q2: Osmosis
A) requires ATP.
B) results in the bursting
Q3: Which statement about proton pumping across the
Q4: In the xylem,
A) the products of photosynthesis
Q5: Which of the following processes can take
Q7: Which statement is not true?
A) The symplast
Q8: The tendency for water to move toward
Q9: Stomata
A) control the opening of guard cells.
B)
Q10: Which of the following is not part
Q11: Which statement about aquaporins is not true?
A)
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