Transpiration

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

Transpiration is a part of____________?

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water transported from stems to leaves through what?

• xylem

• phloem

• stems

• roots

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select all of the environmental factors that would increase transpiration.

• Increased humidity

• Increased wind speed

• Increased temperature

• Decreased surface area

What is a cuticle? Choose 2

• A waxy layer of a fatty substance called cutin covering the epidermis

• A waxy layer of a fatty substance called cutin covering the dermis

• Part of Xylem

• A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the epidermis of leaves

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

Adaptation to reduce transpiration

• Broader leaves

• absence of cuticle

• More stomata

• Narrow leaves

Kidney shaped cells at the border of the stomata

• Lenticels

• Cuticle

• Guard cells

• Hydathodes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What happens to the movement of air bubble if apparatus is kept in front of a fan

• Air bubble does not move

• Air bubble moves very little

• Air bubble does not change its position

• Air bubble moves very fast

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

If plants don't store up water, how does water leave the plant?

• The roots get rid of excess water.

• Most plants DO store water.

• It is released from the leaves by TRANSPIRATION.