Which of the following best describes transpiration?

A) the loss of oxygen from a plant
B) evaporation from a plant's roots
C) the bulk flow movement of water in a plant
D) the loss of water from plant leaves through evaporation


D

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a. Her limbic system is very well developed. b. Her right hemisphere is well developed for musical ability. c. Her left hemisphere is well developed for musical ability. d. Her reticular formation is well developed for musical ability. e. Her right hemisphere is well developed for control over the right side of the body.

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Suppose a bag made of a selectively permeable membrane was filled with a 5% solution of glucose and sealed. What would happen if the bag was placed in pure water or in a 10% glucose solution?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following characteristics of bacterial transcription is not true of eukaryotic transcription?

A. Specific factors are used to direct the polymerase to bind a specific type of promoter sequence. B. Abortive transcripts are formed prior to the elongation phase. C. RNA polymerase interacts with a single transcription factor during initiation. D. RNA polymerase interacts with DNA upstream from the coding sequence in the template. E. Transcription has distinct initiation, elongation, and termination phases.

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