Question

Rate of transpiration is affected by humidity
[BPKIHS 2000]
(a) Land plants only
(b) Water plants only
(c) Both
(d) None​

Answer 1

Answer:

option (C)

Explanation:

Water is passively transported into the roots and then into the xylem.

The forces of cohesion and adhesion cause the water molecules to form a column in the xylem.

Water moves from the xylem into the mesophyll cells, evaporates from their surfaces and leaves the plant by diffusion through the stomata