
Essentials of Biology
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ISBN: 9780078024221
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20.5, Problem 11A
Because of transpiration, water
- evaporates directly from the root surface.
- flows from leaf veins through the stem, toward the roots.
- exits the leaf through stomata, pulling water into the leaf from leaf veins.
- exits xylem in leaf veins and enters phloem by osmosis.
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Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 4LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 20.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 20.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 20.1 - Prob. 1ACh. 20.1 - Prob. 2ACh. 20.1 - Prob. 3A
Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 20.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 20.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 20.2 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 20.2 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 20.2 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 20.2 - Prob. 4ACh. 20.2 - Prob. 5ACh. 20.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 4LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 20.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 20.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 20.3 - Prob. 6ACh. 20.3 - Prob. 7ACh. 20.3 - Prob. 8ACh. 20.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 20.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 20.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 20.4 - Prob. 9ACh. 20.4 - 10. Root nodules are important because...Ch. 20.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 20.5 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 20.5 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 20.5 - Because of transpiration, water evaporates...Ch. 20.5 - Prob. 12ACh. 20 - Prob. S5.4BYBCh. 20 - Prob. S6.1BYBCh. 20 - Prob. S18.1BYBCh. 20 - Prob. 1BYBCh. 20 - Prob. 2BYBCh. 20 - Prob. 3BYBCh. 20 - Prob. S5.4CTCCh. 20 - Prob. S18.1CTCCh. 20 - Prob. S18.2CTCCh. 20 - Prob. 1TCCh. 20 - 2. Plants of the genus Welwitschia live in the...Ch. 20 - Prob. 3TC
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