Question

eight year old danny playfully smeared vaselineon his mothers favourite potted plant in the living room to make it look shining and beautiful. few days later his mother sadly noticed that her plant had wilted and had almost dried up. what do u think the reason for this disastrous change in the plant

Answer 1

On the applying the vaseline on the potted plant, the stomata of the leaves will get blocked that will affect the rate of transpiration and hence absorption of water. This will result in the deficiency of water in plant, hence loss of turgor pressure called wilting.

This will also prevent exchange of gases and hence affect photosynthesis. Due to this leaves will turn yellow called chlorosis.