Plants absorb water from the soil by osmosis. They absorb mineral ions by active transport, against the concentration gradient. Root hair cells are adapted for taking up water and mineral ions by having a large surface area to increase the rate of absorption
The glomerulus is a knot of cappilaries inside the Bowman's capsule. ... Podocytes are cells that have 'foot-like extensions' which are wrapped around a capillary. This increases the surface area for filtration.
The reason why is because the experimental group is the group in which they are experimenting with while the control group isn’t receiving any experimentation