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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
Define and or explain the term:
Transpiration
उत्तर
i. The loss of water in the form of vapour is called transpiration that occurs through leaves, stem, flowers and fruits.
ii. Transpiration occurs through three main sites - cuticle, stomata, and lenticels.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Briefly explain, how transpiration helps in upward conduction of water in plants?
How does transpiration help the roots absorb water and minerals from the soil?
Name the process by which water loss takes place through the leaves.
Give suitable explanation for the following:
On a bright sunny day, the leaves of certain plants roll up.
Choose the correct answer:
The percentage of cuticular transpiration in plants is _____________
An apparatus as shown below was set up to investigate a physiological process in plants. The setup was kept in sunlight for two hours. Droplets of water were then seen inside the bell jar. Answer the questions that follow:
Mention two ways in which this process is beneficial to plants.
What are stomata? What governs the opening and closing of stomata?
Describe an experiment to prove that transpiration occurs more from the undersurface of dorsiventral leaves.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Calcium chloride paper is used to demonstrate transpiration
Plants show temporary and permanent wilting. Differentiate between the two. Do any of them indicate the water status of the soil?
