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प्रश्न
Given below is the diagram of an apparatus used to study a particular phenomenon in plants:
What is it used for?
उत्तर
Ganong’s potometer is used to measure the water intake of a plant which is almost equal to the water lost through transpiration.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the following:
The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.
What is a photometer?
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What is the purpose of keeping CaCl2 vials inside the cup?
Write any two limitations of using a Ganong's potometer to demonstrate the uptake of water.
The apparatus used to measure the rate of transpiration is ______.
Name four kinds of potometers on the basis of the names of the scientists who discovered them.
Define the following term:
Potometer
