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प्रश्न
What is a photometer?
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उत्तर
Potometer is a device that measures the rate of water intake by a plant. This water intake is almost equal to the water lost through transpiration. Potometers do not measure the water lost due to transpiration but measure the water uptake by the shoot.
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.
What is lenticular transpiration? Mention one major difference between lenticular transpiration and stomatal transpiration.
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:
- Name the apparatus.
- What is it used for?
- What is the role played by the air-bubble in this experiment?
- What is the use of the reservoir?
- What happens to the movement of the air-bubble if the apparatus is kept:
- in the dark
- in sunlight
- in front of a fan?
Give a reason in each case.
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 happens to the movement of the air-bubble if the apparatus is kept:
(i) In the dark
(ii) In sunlight
(iii) In front of a fan
Give a reason in each case.
The apparatus used to measure the rate of transpiration is ______.
Define the following term:
Potometer
