NEET Biology question

Not in NEET syllabus

Passive absorption of minerals depends on

(A)Temperature
(B)Temperature and metabolic inhibitorCorrect
(C)Metabolic inhibitor
(D)Humidity

Answer: (B)

Solution

Passive absorption of minerals (diffusion along the concentration gradient) does not require metabolic energy, so it is relatively insensitive to metabolic inhibitors, but it does still increase with rising temperature (due to increased kinetic energy/diffusion rate) up to a point. Since (metabolic inhibitors do not

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