Photorespiration is bad for C3 plants because this process causes a decrease in the productivity of a plant, hence it is also called the wasteful... View Article
Photosynthesis is considered an endothermic reaction, because during the process of photosynthesis, energy from the sun or sunlight is being... View Article
No, vinegar will not kill hydrangeas. Some plants including hydrangeas and other garden plants are acid lovers and adding vinegar diluted in... View Article
Adding sugar while watering the plants, with the water, increases the growth of the plants. For some instance, adding sugar may damage... View Article
Yes, seeds can grow without soil. The process of seeds germination can be carried out without soil. For a seed to grow, mature and germinate it... View Article
No, seeds will not germinate in vinegar. Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid, which has inhibition of impact on seed germination.... View Article
No, hydrogen peroxide will not kill seedlings. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), with the presence of oxygen molecules, acts as an oxygen supplement for... View Article
Yes, frost will kill seeds. Again the frost depends on its severity. Low frost does not cause any harm to the seeds, whereas high or hard frost... View Article
No, boiling water will not kill seeds. Besides, it kills or destroys the weeds and other pathogens present in the seeds. Boiling water is a... View Article
No. Neither the damaged seeds mature nor germinate to grow into plants. This may also depend on the extent of seed damage. If the seed embryo is... View Article
Xylem is called water-conducting tissue as it is mainly involved in transporting water molecules from the roots to the aerial parts of the plant.... View Article
Xylem is called dead tissue or non-living tissue, because all the components present in this tissue are dead, except xylem parenchyma. The xylem... View Article
Xylem and phloem are called complex tissue as they are composed of more than one type of cells. Here, different types of cells perform different... View Article
The red blood cells burst when they are placed in the water because these cells gain water by osmosis, swell up and finally burst. Here the... View Article
In animal cells, vacuoles are present but are smaller in size compared to plant cells. Vacuoles are membrane-bound cell organelles, which are... View Article
As we all know, transpiration is the natural process of removing the excess water in the form of vapours from the aerial parts of the plant... View Article
Transpiration does not take place at night, because the stomata present on the leaf surface are closed during the night hours. Transpiration is... View Article
The plasma membrane, which is called the selectively permeable membrane of the cell must be a bilayer because: It facilitates communication... View Article
The total number of ATP has been estimated between 35 and 39. The total number of ATP is not known exactly and is due to variance in the degree... View Article
