Which structures or parts in the plant body help in transpiration process?

Stem

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Chloroplasts

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Mesophyll cells

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Stomata

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The correct option is D
Stomata

Stomata are small openings in a leaf which helps in loss of excess water (transpiration) and also diffusion of gases. Specialised cells known as guard cells surround stomata and function to open and close stomatal pore.

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Q. ___________ are the structures in a plant body that help in the transpiration process.

Photosynthesis in green plants is directly and indirectly dependent on so many plant structures. Explain briefly the role of the following structures in this process.

(a) Guard cells ................................

(b) Cuticle ....................................

(d) Xylem tissue in the leaf veins ................

(e) Phloem tissue in the leaf veins .............

(f) Stomata........................................

Q. Osmotic potential and pressure potential of three cells, a, b, c located in different parts of an actively transpiring plant are:

Cell	O.P (MPa)	P.P. (MPa)
a	-0.87	0.44
b	-0.92	0.34
c	-0.68	0.27

Which ones are root hair, root cortical and mesophyll cells respectively?

Name the following :

(a) Openings on the stem through which transpiration occurs.

(b) The process by which the intact plant loses water in the form of droplets.

(d) A plant in which the stomata are sunken.

(e) The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.

(f) Any two parts of a leaf which allow transpiration.

(g) The structure in a leaf that allows guttation.

(h) Loss of water as droplets from the margins of certain leaves.

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Which structures or parts in the plant body help in transpiration process?

The correct option is D Stomata Stomata are small openings in a leaf which helps in loss of excess water (transpiration) and also diffusion of gases. Specialised cells known as guard cells surround stomata and function to open and close stomatal pore.

The correct option is D
Stomata

Stomata are small openings in a leaf which helps in loss of excess water (transpiration) and also diffusion of gases. Specialised cells known as guard cells surround stomata and function to open and close stomatal pore.