If water molecules (H2O) suddenly stopped forming hydrogen bonds with one another, how would water transport in vascular plants change (if at all)?
A. It would remain the same, as H2O
molecules also form oxygen bonds.
B. It would remain the same, as water
transport only depends on osmosis.
C. It would stop, as water transport relies on
H2O molecules being connected by hydrogen
bonds.
D. It would increase, as hydrogen bonds
inhibit water transport.
C
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