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Misconception MEM082:

Plants make sugars from minerals (Tamir, 1989) or minerals and water (AAAS pilot data 2006).

Items that test for misconception MEM082 in this project (THSB) and key idea (Plants use sugar molecules to make …)
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ME032002

The minerals plants take in from the soil make up a very small amount of the new mass of the growing plant.

51%

Items that test for misconception MEM082 in this project (THSB) and other key ideas

ME031003

A growing broccoli head gets bigger by taking in molecules, using them to make glucose, and using the glucose to make larger molecules that become part of the plant’s body.

31%