Does the palisade mesophyll or the spongy mesophyll have a greater role to play in transpiration? Explain.

Q: Describe the process of development of root nodules in leguminous plant. Name the oxygen scavenger…

A: Pulses are made from dried legume seeds, which are the seeds of the plant. When the seeds are dried,…

Q: Which parts of the plant would you find the phytochromes highly concentrated? Why? *

A: Phytochromes  It is a photoreceptor, a pigment that plants and some algae and fungi use to detect…

Q: Harvest of cork from cork oaks (Quercus suber) is _________________, because it involves targeted…

A: Harvest of cork from cork oaks is stripping (name of the process) or without destroying, because it…

Q: Girdling is a process by which

A: Girdling refers to the complete removal of bark. The xylem and phloem are two circulatory tissues…

Q: Describe the roles of the vascular cambium and cork cambium in secondary growth

A: Introduction: Dicot roots and stems are known for their secondary growth. The formation of secondary…

Q: How do plants alter their rates of transpiration

A: Transpiration is the biological process by which water is lost in the form of water vapour from the…

Q: In a lab, a scientist would like to explore the effect of solute concentration in the xylem on sugar…

A: The pressure flow hypothesis, also known as the mass flow hypothesis, is the best-supported theory…

Q: If the tension in the xylem vessel becomes too great, gas bubbles will form. Explain this phenomenon…

A: Xylem is the vascular part of the plant that helps in the transportation of the water from the roots…

Q: Can the direction of phloem transport change? Does phloem ever transport material into a leaf?

A: Xylem is the conducting tissue of the plant that conducts the transport of water and minerals. The…

Q: how would misting a plant affect the transpiration rate?

A: If a plant is misted, then rate of transpiration will be slowed down because the moist environment…

Q: How are sugars transported in phloem? the formation of starch from sugar in the sink increases the…

A: Sugars are essential for many biological processes and can be transported from source to sink in…

Q: Define the following terms: a. photorespiration b. CA1P c. reductive pentose phosphate cycle d.…

A: (Please note you can submit only 1 question or its 3 sub-parts maximum at a time. Here b part of…

Terrestrial Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a collection of interconnected communities. It includes both living and non-living elements of specific strata. The terrestrial ecosystem is solely related to the ecosystem present on the land and covers 25 to 30% of the total earth’s surface area.