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Question
Give Reasons for the following:
Guard cells are small in size and are kidney-shaped in outline.
Solution
Because of their small size, guard cells are rapidly influenced by turgor changes. Because of their kidney-shaped outline, they remain joined at their ends. This concave-convex curvature of the two guard cells can be varied easily and this further facilitates the stomatal pore to open and close easily.
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