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Question
Given below is an apparatus which has setup to investigate a physiological process in plants. The setup was placed in bright sunlight. Answer the questions that follow:
Name the process being studies. Define the process.
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Solution
Transpiration : Transpiration is loss of water in the form of water vapour from aerial part of plant.
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