Exercise
Transpiration in Plants
Learn how plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through the process of transpiration. Discover the role vegetation plays in moving water from soil into the air.
Questions
-
MultiChoice
What is transpiration?
-
MultiChoice
Through which microscopic openings on leaf surfaces does transpiration occur?
-
MultiChoice
Why do plants undergo transpiration?
-
MultiChoice
What vascular tissue transports water from roots up to plant leaves?
-
MultiChoice
Which weather condition increases the rate of plant transpiration?
-
MultiChoice
How do guard cells control transpiration in plants?
-
MultiChoice
Why might a plant close its stomata during a drought?
-
MultiChoice
Where do plants get the water that eventually transpires into air?
-
MultiChoice
What percentage of water absorbed by plant roots is lost through transpiration?
-
MultiChoice
In large forests like the Amazon Rainforest, transpiration contributes significantly to:
-
MultiChoice
If you place a plastic bag over a leafy branch of a plant in sunlight, what will collect inside?
-
MultiChoice
How does transpiration help transport minerals within a plant?