Chickpea Activity

The plant that formed Chelsea Chickpea has very deep roots - in fact there's more chickpea plant underground than there is above ground. Chickpeas grow up to 100 cm in height, but their roots can grow to a length of 3 metres.

Use this information to draw a picture of a chickpea plant to scale. To make this job easier, first convert the root length to centimetres (ie how many centimetres in 3 metres?).
What percentage of the total length of the plant is root? (Hint:- calculate the total length of the plant first).

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