HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is process of water moving through plants and evaporating from the leaves and stems into the atmosphere?
A
Transpiration
B
Geotropism
C
Hydrotropism
D
Phototropism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Overall, this uptake of water at the roots, transport of water through plant tissues, and release of vapor by leaves is known as transpiration. Water also evaporates directly into the atmosphere from soil in the vicinity of the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Transpiration occurs when plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water moves up the xylem by a process called capillary action. Water molecules like to stick. together. In capillary action, water is pulled up through the tubes because very tiny components. of water, called molecules, are attracted to the molecules that make up the tube.

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