Treating a plant with a fungicide could interfere with the plant's uptake of nitrogen.

Question

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Answer 1

False

Clarify Question
• What is the key concept addressed by the question?
        o The question is asking about the role of fungi in plant life.
• What type of thinking is required?
        o You are being asked to take what you already know and apply it to assess the importance of fungi to plants.
• What key words does the question contain and what do they mean?
        o Fungicide, which is a substance that kills fungi.
        o Nitrogen, which is an element that is an essential part of substances such as amino acids and proteins.

Gather Content
• What do you already know about about the relationship between plants and fungi? How does it relate to the question?
        o Mycorrhizal fungi form mutualistic associations with plants.
        o Plants provide the fungi with carbohydrates, while the fungi enhance the phosphorus uptake by plants.

Consider Possibilities
• What other information is related to the question? Which information is most useful?
        o Bacteria form mutualistic associations with plants in that they change nitrogen into a form that is usable by plants.

Choose Answer
• Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most likely to produce the correct answer?
        o Since it is bacteria, not fungi, that fix nitrogen for plants, killing the fungi around a plant would not affect nitrogen uptake.

Reflect on Process
• Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
• Apply level:
        o This question asked you to understand the role of fungi in plant life. Answering this question correctly depended on your ability to use the relationship between fungo and plants in a new situation. If you got the correct answer, great job! If you got an incorrect answer, where did the process break down? Did you remember that fungi aid phosphorus uptake by plants, or that bacteria aid nitrogen uptake? Did you have trouble extending the role of fungi to determine the correct answer?