OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The tropical rain forest is an extremely humid environment due to plants losing a lot of water through their leaves. What is this process called?
A
Inspiration
B
Photosynthesis
C
Respiration
D
Transpiration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Transpiration occurs when plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -A plant does not use most of the water that it absorbs. About 97-99% of the water is lost through transpiration. Transpiration is defined as the physiological loss of water in the form of water vapor, mainly from the stomata in leaves, but also through evaporation from the surfaces of leaves, flowers, and stems.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Evaporation is the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor). Water moves from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere via evaporation.

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