Question
Question: Define the term transpiration. Design an experiment to demonstrate this process....
Define the term transpiration. Design an experiment to demonstrate this process.
Solution
Under atmospheric conditions, the plants appear to lose waters through the stomata as they open up to sunshine and breathing. The distinction in evaporation is that the body of open water evaporates.
Complete answer:
The process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial elements, such as leaves, stems, and flowers, is transpiration. For plants, water is essential, but for growth and metabolism, only a small amount of water taken up by the roots is used. Transpiration and guttation lose the remaining 97–99.5 percent
Sweat is much like evaporation, but the difference is that during evaporation, the water evaporates from the exposed body, and when sweating occurs when the plants are opened to their stomachs. If the outer conditions of the plant are very dry and if the breathing process takes place, plants can be used for the absorption of carbon dioxides and for the removal of oxygen. This process is referred to as sweat.
Let's put an experiment in order to ensure that the trunk of a plant with roots is correctly sealed in a glass tube.
Experiment: If a polythene bag is attached for a number of hours around the leaf of a plant, we observe water droplets collected within the bag.
With markings of water level within a tube, we hang the tube in a clamp stand. For some time, we leave the tube unattended, after which when we come to see the tube label, we shall see that the tube has increased because the plant has lost water during transpiration and the plant has therefore absorbed the water from the tube.
Note:
Water transpiration levels are directly dependent on the level of dryness in the air, the level of humidity in the atmosphere, and the ambient temperature as well. In colder and darker conditions, the loss of water by transpiration is less.