Envirotranspiration

What is transpiration?

• Excess water being released from the aerial parts of plants in the form of water vapor

• Excess sugar being released from the leave

• The way a plant makes its food

• When the plant uses sugar for energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Water transported from stems to leaves through what?

• xylem

• phloem

• stems

• roots

Select all of the environmental factors that would increase transpiration.

• Increased humidity

• Increased wind speed

• Increased temperature

• Decreased surface area

Which statement correctly identifies the substance and direction it is transported in the xylem?

• Water, only upwards

• Glucose, only upwards

• Water, up and down the plant

• Glucose, up and down the plant

Which feature would be most helpful to a plant in a desert?

• small leaves
• large seeds
• small roots
• smelly flowers

Cells that control the opening and closing of stomata

• Cuticle
• Guard cell
• Vascular tissue
• Stomata

Which is true?

• 99% of water taken by the plant evaporates through transpiration

• 9% of water taken by the plant evaporates through transpiration

• Evaporation through transpiration accounts only for 1% of all the water the plant takes in

• Evaporation through transpiration is minuscule

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Stomata opens during night and closes during day

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Adaptations in plant to reduce transpiration are -

• No of stomata

• Thickness of cuticle

• Loss of leaves

• All of the above

Factors which affect transpiration are (external)

• Sunlight

• Wind speed

• Humidity

• Rain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5