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Question
Give a reason.
What happens to the movement of the air-bubble if the apparatus shown above is kept in dark.
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Solution
Movement of the air bubble will be decreased or slow.
Reason: During dark, stomata remains closed due to which the rate of transpiration decreases which hence decreases the movement of air bubble.
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