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प्रश्न
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.
When the weight of the test tubes A and B is taken before and after the experiment, what change is observed? Justify.
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उत्तर
Weight of test tube A before the experiment was more than its weight after the experiment. This is because water from test tube A has evaporated due to transpiration.
Weight of test tube B remains the same before and after the experiment, because no loss of water occurs in test tube B.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Mark the most appropriate answer in the following:
Transpiration pull will be maximum under which of the following conditions?
Briefly explain how the rate of transpiration is affected by:
Humidity of the atmosphere
Give Reasons for the following:
Young plants wilt on a hot sunny day.
Differentiate Between Transpiration and Perspiration.
Name the following:
Plants in which lenticular transpiration.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
Transpiration normally takes place in the presence of ___________.
State the Location:
Lenticels
Write the functional activity of the following structure:
Hydathodes
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 |
An outline sketch of a tree is shown in a diagram below. Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
- Name and define the phenomenon labelled A in the diagram.
- Write the significance of the process mentioned in A for the plants.
- What do the direction of the arrows in B and C indicate? Name the phenomena.
- Draw a neat and labelled diagram of an opened stomata.
