OCR Additional Science GCSE Biology - Plants need minerals
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- Created on: 03-05-13 16:54
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- Plants need minerals
- Absorbing minerals
- Soluble
- Dissolved in minerals, low soil concentration
- Root hair cells
- Active transport
- Root hair cells, carrier molecules
- Cell membranes
- Mineral ions into cell against concentration gradient
- Cell membranes
- Energy from respiration
- Root hair cells, carrier molecules
- Mineral Deficiency
- Plant cannot get enough of mineral from soil for healthy growth
- Nitrate - poor growth, yellow leaves
- Magnesium - yellow leaves
- Phosphate - poor root growth, discoloured leaves
- Potassium - poor growth fruit and flowers, discoloured leaves
- NPK
- Rating
- Fertiliser best for soil conditions in their fields
- Fertilisers
- Potassium compounds, K
- Enzymes = respiration and photosynthesis
- Phosphates, P
- DNA and cell membranes
- Magnesium compounds, Mg
- Chlorophyll
- Nitrates, N
- Proteins = Amino acids
- NPK
- Rating
- Fertiliser best for soil conditions in their fields
- Potassium compounds, K
- Absorbing minerals
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