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Given below is an example of a certain structure and its special functional activity:
Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis
In a similar way, write the functional activity against the following:
Lenticels and ______
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 question that follow:

Why are glass slides placed over the dry cobalt chloride papers?
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 question that follow:

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.
The apparatus shown in the following diagram is Garreau’s potometer designed to demonstrate unequal transpiration from the two surfaces of a dorsiventral leaf. Before keeping the leaf in between the cups, anhydrous calcium chloride (CaCl2) contained in two small vials were weighed and placed in both the cups. The ends of the cups were closed with corks through which two mercury manometers were connected. After few hours, CaCl2 vials were taken out and weighed again.

What do you mean by transpiration?
Given below are the diagrams of a certain structure in plants in two conditions.

(i) Name the structure shown.
(ii) Name the parts numbered 1-5.
(iii) What is the most apparent difference between A and B in the structure shown?
(iv) Describe the mechanism which brings about the change in the structure depicted in A and B.
Name the following:
The process of getting rid of excess water in the form of water vapour through the stomata.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
95% of the total transpiration takes place through ________.
Mark the most appropriate answer in the following:
Stomata open during day and close at night because:
Suppose you have a rose plant growing in a pot, how will you demonstrate transpiration in it?
