Neco 2017 Agricultural Science Question 18

Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2017 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Neco 2017 Agricultural Science Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 18 NECO • 2017 • AGRICULTURAL_SCIENCE • objective

Refer to the diagram of a maize plant. The diagram indicates that each leaf is 30 cm long and 5 cm wide, and the plant bears 8 leaves. Because of overlapping, only 80 % of the total leaf surface is effective for photosynthesis. Each square centimetre of effective leaf area can fix 0.05 µmol of CO₂ per second.\n\nCalculate the total amount of CO₂ (in µmol) that the plant can fix per second under these conditions.

Answer Options

A. 38
Correct Answer B. 48
C. 480
D. 60
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
48

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This is Neco 2017 Agricultural Science Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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