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प्रश्न
Give suitable explanation for the following:
On a bright sunny day, the leaves of certain plants roll up.
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उत्तर
On a bright sunny day, the rate of transpiration is much higher than any other days. The leaves of certain plants roll up on a bright sunny day to reduce the exposed surface and thus reduce the rate of transpiration.
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Under what conditions do plant transpire most slowly?
Given below is a diagrammatic sketch (surface view) of a stomatal apparatus from a dicot leaf.
(a) Label the parts numbers 1-3
(b) Is this state, open or closed?
(c) Is this stoma, of a dicot leaf or a monocot leaf?
(d) Redraw a sketch of the stomatal apparatus in the state opposite to the one shown here.
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Suggest a suitable control for this experiment.
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Describe an experiment to prove that transpiration occurs more from the undersurface of dorsiventral leaves.
Transpiration takes place through ______.
Why is transpiration called a necessary evil?
The lower surface of leaf will have more number of stomata in a ______.
A root hair is derived from ______ cell.
