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Matter and Energy in Living Systems
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Item ME032002: The minerals plants take in from the soil make up a very small amount of the new mass of the growing plant.
What is true about plants and the minerals in the soil where they grow?
- Plants take in minerals from the soil and those minerals make up most of the new mass of the growing plant.
- Plants take in minerals from the soil, but those minerals make up only a very small amount of the new mass of the growing plant.
- Plants do not take in minerals from the soil because they make all the minerals they need inside their own bodies.
- Plants do not take in minerals from the soil because all they need to grow is carbon dioxide, water, and access to sunlight.
Pre-Test
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 370 |
6–8 n = 370 |
9–12 n = 0 |
Male n = 203 |
Female n = 167 |
English n = 344 |
Other n = 26 |
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| A. | Plants take in minerals from the soil and those minerals make up most of the new mass of the growing plant. | 51% | 51% | NAN% | 51% | 50% | 52% | 35% |
| B. | Plants take in minerals from the soil, but those minerals make up only a very small amount of the new mass of the growing plant. | 33% | 33% | NAN% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| C. | Plants do not take in minerals from the soil because they make all the minerals they need inside their own bodies. | 7% | 7% | NAN% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 15% |
| D. | Plants do not take in minerals from the soil because all they need to grow is carbon dioxide, water, and access to sunlight. | 9% | 9% | NAN% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 15% |
Post-Test
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 374 |
6–8 n = 374 |
9–12 n = 0 |
Male n = 204 |
Female n = 170 |
English n = 346 |
Other n = 28 |
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| A. | Plants take in minerals from the soil and those minerals make up most of the new mass of the growing plant. | 40% | 40% | NAN% | 39% | 41% | 41% | 25% |
| B. | Plants take in minerals from the soil, but those minerals make up only a very small amount of the new mass of the growing plant. | 51% | 51% | NAN% | 49% | 54% | 51% | 61% |
| C. | Plants do not take in minerals from the soil because they make all the minerals they need inside their own bodies. | 3% | 3% | NAN% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| D. | Plants do not take in minerals from the soil because all they need to grow is carbon dioxide, water, and access to sunlight. | 6% | 6% | NAN% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 11% |