After a hurricane warning came across the television, young…
After a hurricane warning came across the television, young Eli became terrified of the alarm sound that signaled a severe weather warning. Over the next few months he heard it several times when the "required monthly tests" came on the television, and his fear faded away. One day the alarm sounded and Eli jumped up and ran out of the room. This return of a previously extinguished response is called ________.
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Part 1 – The Bigger Picture. Plants at Work! 1. Picture an iron (Fe2+) cation in a xylem vessel in the root of a rhododendron plant. It is transported from the root to the leaf, through the xylem. To get from xylem vessel element in root to xylem vessel element in leaf, did this mineral travel along the apoplastic or symplastic pathway? Explain your reasoning. (3-4 sentence limit)
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2. Stomata embedded in the leaf next to other epidermal cells are critical for water transport up and down the plant’s stem. In the guard cells of a stomatal complex in a leaf sample from your plant, you determine ΨS = -12, and ΨP = 9. In the adjacent subsidiary cells, you determine ΨS = -14 and ΨP = 7. Will the stoma open or close? Explain your reasoning. (3-4 sentence limit)
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