Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Nutrient cycles

Nutrient cycles — practice question

Researchers studied the impact of applying cattle manure (cattle faeces) to fields in which snap bean plants, Phaseolus vulgaris, were grown. Cattle manure contains some protein.
(a)[5]

Explain how the protein in the cattle manure is changed into the ions that plants can take up.

(b(i))[1]

Suggest the advantage to farmers of snap bean plants having a large number of root nodules.

(b(ii))[3]

Calculate the percentage increase in the average number of root nodules per plant when snap bean plants were grown with a large quantity of cattle manure (field 3) compared with no cattle manure (field 4). Give your answer to two significant figures.

(b(iii))[4]

Describe how eutrophication in streams and rivers can result in the death of fish.

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