2017 Transport in Plants Water potential Easy Question 23 of 48 in Transport in Plants

The water potential of pure water is

A Zero

B Less than zero

C More than zero but less than one

D More than one

The answer is A.

Solution

Pure water has the maximum water potential, zero.

By convention, the water potential of pure water at standard temperature, which is not under any pressure, is taken to be zero.

Concept pure-water-potential-zero

48 questions from this chapter have appeared across 22 exam years.