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How can plant roots continue to function in waterlogged soil that lacks sufficient oxygen?
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They increase the rate of root photosynthesis.
They stop all energy production to conserve it.
They use anaerobic respiration to produce energy.
They absorb oxygen molecules directly from water.
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They use anaerobic respiration to produce energy.
Roots switch to anaerobic pathways (fermentation) when oxygen is scarce, producing some ATP without O2 (but much less efficiently and with toxic byproducts).
Roots switch to anaerobic pathways (fermentation) when oxygen is scarce, producing some ATP without O2 (but much less efficiently and with toxic byproducts).
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