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Movement in plants

A brief discussion of the three main ways in which water, nutrients and gases move within plants, being mass flow, osmosis and diffusion; and of when and why particular substances move in the way that they do.

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More chemistry

An overview of the difference between inorganic and organic chemistry, and how both are relevant to understanding plants and their environment, including a summary of some of the most important types of organic molecules found in plants.

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