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Question
Given ahead is the diagram of an experimental set up to study the process of transpiration in plants. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
Is the experimental leaf a monocot or a dicot? Give a reason to support your answer.
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Solution
The experimental leaf is a dicot leaf as it shows reticulate venation and there are more number of stomatal openings on the undersurface of a dicot leaf. Hence, transpiration is more and can be easily observed.
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After about half an hour what change, if any, would you expect to find in the cobalt chloride paper placed on the dorsal and ventral sides of the leaf? Give a reason to support your answer.
State the functions of guard cells.
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(i) Name the apparatus.
(ii) Mention one limitation of this apparatus.
(iii) Which phenomenon is studied with the help of this apparatus?
(iv) What is the function of the part marked ‘reservoir’?
(v) What is the role of the air bubble in the experiment?
Name the following:
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The paper used to demonstrate unequal transpiration in a dicot leaf is ______.
The upper layer of mesophyll in a leaf consists of elongated ground tissue called ______.
