Fault the wrong transport processes

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Three of these do not describe water moving from soil into a root hair cell.

   Choices

   1. Item

      Osmosis across the membrane

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      mass flow needs a pressure difference, not a membrane

      Item

      Mass flow driven by pressure

   3. Explanation

      irritability is responding to a stimulus, not transport

      Item

      Irritability of the root

   4. Explanation

      regulation restores internal stability, it moves nothing

      Item

      Regulation of body systems

Instructions

Three of these do not describe water entering a root hair. Fault each one.