PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
TRANSPORT IN PLANT
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Protects the leaves without blocking out light
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Transport soluble food/sugar
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Pore to allow gases to diffuse into and out of the leaf
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -transpiration, in botany, a plant’s loss of water, mainly through the stomata of leaves. Stomatal openings are necessary to admit carbon dioxide to the leaf interior and to allow oxygen to escape during photosynthesis.
Detailed explanation-2: -This evolutionary innovation is so central to plant identity that nearly all land plants use the same pores-called stomata-to take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Stomata are tiny, microscopic and critical for photosynthesis. Thousands of them dot on the surface of the plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Its prime function is to exchange the gases by closing and opening the pores in the leaves. It assists in eradicating excess water from the leaves. It removes oxygen and takes in carbon dioxide at the time of photosynthesis.
Detailed explanation-4: -By opening and closing, stomata control the exchange of gases between a leaf and the air surrounding it. Oxygen and carbon dioxide move by diffusion from high to lower concentration through stomata.
Detailed explanation-5: -Stomata have two main functions, namely they allow for gas exchange acting as an entryway for carbon dioxide (CO2) and releasing the Oxygen (O2) that we breath. The other main function is regulating water movement through transpiration.