PLANTS
TRANSPORT IN PLANTS
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Pipette
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Potometer
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Bunsen burner
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Plants
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Detailed explanation-1: -The instrument used for measuring the rate of transpiration is called a potometer.
Detailed explanation-2: -A potometer is a device, which is used to measure water uptake by the plant shoot during transpiration. It is also known as transpirometer. Ganong’s potometer is used to measure the transpiration rate in a laboratory.
Detailed explanation-3: -A simple potometer comprises: a container of water. a capillary tube. rubber tubing to connect the capillary tube to the stem of the leafy shoot.
Detailed explanation-4: -Potometer. A potometer can be used to measure the rate of transpiration that’s proportional to water uptake. Transpiration cannot be measured directly as some of the water will be used in photosynthesis.