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Question
The figure given below represents an experimental setup with a weighing machine to demonstrate a particular process in plants. The experimental setup was placed in bright sunlight. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.
Define the above mentioned process.
Solution
Transpiration is a process by which water is lost in the form of water vapour from aerial parts of the plant.
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Transpiration is a physiological process
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Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column I | Column II |
| (i) Transpiration | (a) Cacti plants |
| (ii) Movement of water | (b) Stomata |
| (iii) Guttation | (c) Maize plant |
| (iv) Low rate of transpiration | (d)Xylem |
| (v) The high rate of transpiration | (e) Hydathodes |
