ICSE-X-Biology

04: Transpiration

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  • #1
    Name the following: (a) openings on the stem through which transpiration occurs (b) The process by which the intact plant loses water in the form of droplets. (c) An instrument used to find the rate of transpiration (d) A plant in which the stomata are sunken (e) The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot. (f) Any two parts of a leaf which allows transpiration. (g) The structure in a leaf that allows guttation. (h) Loss of water as droplets from the margins of certain leaves. (a) openings on the stem through which transpiration occurs (b) The process by which the intact plant loses water in the form of droplets. (c) An instrument used to find the rate of transpiration (d) A plant in which the stomata are sunken (e) The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot. (f) Any two parts of a leaf which allows transpiration. (g) The structure in a leaf that allows guttation. (h) Loss of water as droplets from the margins of certain leaves.
    Ans : (a) Lenticels (b) Guttation (c) Potometer (d) Nerium (e) Ganong's photometer (f) Stomata and cuticle (g) Hydathodes (h) Guttation (a) Lenticels (b) Guttation (c) Potometer (d) Nerium (e) Ganong's photometer (f) Stomata and cuticle (g) Hydathodes (h) Guttation
  • #1-a
    openings on the stem through which transpiration occurs
    Ans : Lenticels
  • #1-b
    The process by which the intact plant loses water in the form of droplets.
    Ans : Guttation
  • #1-c
    An instrument used to find the rate of transpiration
    Ans : Potometer
  • #1-d
    A plant in which the stomata are sunken
    Ans : Nerium
  • #1-e
    The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.
    Ans : Ganong's photometer
  • #1-f
    Any two parts of a leaf which allows transpiration.
    Ans : Stomata and cuticle
  • #1-g
    The structure in a leaf that allows guttation.
    Ans : Hydathodes
  • #1-h
    Loss of water as droplets from the margins of certain leaves.
    Ans : Guttation