The table below shows how the width of the stomata and the wind speed can affect the rate of transpiration from a leaf of a...

      

The table below shows how the width of the stomata and the wind speed can affect the rate of transpiration from a leaf of a plant. The width are measured in micrometers (nm)

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a)plot a graph of rate of transpiration against width of the stomata.

(b) Use your graph to predict the rate of transpiration when the stomata have a width of 8nm.

(c) Describe the relationship between the width of stomata and the rate of transpiration in still air.

(d) Explain why the rate of transpiration in wind differs from rate in still air.

(e) Explain why transpiration is important in plants.


  

Answers


Martin
a) Plotting
Scale
Axis labelling
Identify curves

b)Rate
Still; 1.4 per m2 per hour;
Wind ; 6.0 per m2 per hour

( c) As width of the stomata increases the rate of transpiration increase;
Increase in the width of the stomata increases the surface area over which water loss by transpiration occurs; hence increasing the rate of transpiration

d) In still air the water vapour lost from the plant accumulates in the air surrounding the leaf; thus increasing humidity; which reduces saturation deficit between leaf cells and the atmosphere hence reducing transpiration rates,
In wind; the water vapour being from the plant(shoot) is carried away from the surrounding of the plant; increasing the saturation deficit between leaf cells and the surrounding air; thus reduce rates of transpiration;

(e) -Evaporation of water from the leaf surface causes cooling of the plant:
-Facilitates loss of excess water from the plant excretion;
-Concentrates mineral salts around the roots facilitating their easy, uptake by diffusion;
-Facilitates turgidity of plant cells hence support in herbaceous plants;
marto answered the question on October 9, 2019 at 08:00


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