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प्रश्न
Define the following term:
Potometer
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उत्तर
A potometer is a device that measures the rate of water intake by a plant and this water intake is almost equal to the water lost through transpiration.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the following:
The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.
Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer.
Potometer is an instrument used for Demonstration of transpiration occurring from the lower surface of a leaf.
Droplets of water may sometimes be seen along the margins of the leaves of a banana plant, growing in wet soil, in the mornings. Are these dew drops? Comment upon your answer.
Given below is the diagram of an apparatus used to study a particular phenomenon in plants:

What is the role played by the air-bubble in this experiment?
Given below is the diagram of an apparatus used to study a particular phenomenon in plants:

What is the use of the reservoir?
The apparatus shown in the following diagram is Garreau’s potometer designed to demonstrate unequal transpiration from the two surfaces of a dorsiventral leaf. Before keeping the leaf in between the cups, anhydrous calcium chloride (CaCl2) contained in two small vials were weighed and placed in both the cups. The ends of the cups were closed with corks through which two mercury manometers were connected. After few hours, CaCl2 vials were taken out and weighed again.

After few hours CaCl2 vials were taken out and weighed again. Will you expect any difference in weight? If so, give reason.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Potometer is an instrument, used for measuring the rate of transpiration
Write any two limitations of using a Ganong's potometer to demonstrate the uptake of water.
Name four kinds of potometers on the basis of the names of the scientists who discovered them.
