Tag: Physiology

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Root pressure”,”exam”:”Guttation is evidence of root pressure, not of transpiration pull.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Glycolysis”,”exam”:”Common to fermentation and aerobic respiration.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”RuBisCO”,”exam”:”Name both activities: carboxylase and oxygenase.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Gravitropism”,”exam”:”Older texts call it geotropism.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Translocation”,”exam”:”Phloem transport, not xylem.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Guttation”,”exam”:”Dawn droplets on grass may be guttation, not dew.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Transpiration”,”exam”:”Cuticular and lenticular loss is minor beside stomatal transpiration.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Imbibition”,”exam”:”No membrane is required, so it is not osmosis.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Turgor”,”exam”:”Flaccid = low turgor; plasmolysed = protoplast detached.”}

{“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Nitrogen fixation”,”exam”:”Plants do not fix N2 themselves; they host microbes or take up nitrate/ammonium.”}