Water Flows from the Soil into the Plant Roots Because

question 3

True/False

Water flows from the soil into the plant roots because the water potential of the soil is higher than the water potential of the roots.

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Definitions:

Deuterium Atoms

Heavy hydrogen atoms that contain one proton and one neutron in the nucleus, often used as a tracer or in nuclear reactors.

Catalytic Base

A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction by providing an alternative reaction pathway with lower activation energy, and which participates in the reaction as a base (accepting protons).

2-methylcyclohexanone

An organic compound consisting of a six-membered ring with a ketone functional group and a methyl group attached.

Enolate

An ion formed by the deprotonation of an alpha carbon of a carbonyl compound, involved in many important organic reactions.