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Question
Mark the most appropriate answer in the following:
In hot summer days, plant cooling is due to :
Options
Loss of water vapours from leaves
Transport of water in a plant
Loss of liquid water
Loss of water from the entire plant
Solution
Loss of water vapours from leaves
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