The respiratory quotient (RQ) of a plant is measured to be 1. Which substrate is MOST likely being primarily metabolized?
Fats
Proteins
Organic acids
Carbohydrates
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Which process is NOT directly involved in the gaseous exchange required for respiration in plants?
Diffusion
Stomatal opening and closing
Transpiration
Lenticular transpiration
How do plants obtain the oxygen required for respiration at night when photosynthesis is not occurring?
They store oxygen produced during the day
They switch to anaerobic respiration
Through lenticels and diffusion from air spaces within the plant
They do not respire at night
