Transpiration
Muhtasari
On a hot day a single tree can pull hundreds of litres of water up from its roots to its leaves, where most of it simply evaporates away. This loss of water vapour, transpiration, is the engine that drives water all the way up a plant, with no pump at all.
In this lesson you will learn what transpiration is, how temperature and wind speed change its rate, and how to measure it. Extended students will explain the transpiration pull that lifts water up tall trees, how leaf structure and stomata control water loss, and why a short of water makes a plant wilt.
Malengo
- Describe transpiration as the loss of water vapour from leaves
- State that water evaporates from the surfaces of the mesophyll cells into the air spaces and then diffuses out of the leaves through the stomata as water vapour
- Investigate and describe the effects of variation of temperature and wind speed on transpiration rate
- [Supplement] Explain how water vapour loss is related to: the large internal surface area provided by the interconnecting air spaces between mesophyll cells and the size and number of stomata
- [Supplement] Explain the mechanism by which water moves upwards in the xylem in terms of a transpiration pull that draws up a column of water molecules, held together by forces of attraction between water molecules
- [Supplement] Explain the effects on the rate of transpiration of varying the following factors: temperature, wind speed and humidity
- [Supplement] Explain how and why wilting occurs
Maelezo ya Somo
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Tathmini ya Somo
Hongera kwa kukamilisha somo la Transpiration. Sasa kwa kuwa umechunguza dhana na mawazo muhimu, ni wakati wa kuweka ujuzi wako kwa mtihani. Sehemu hii inatoa mazoezi mbalimbali maswali yaliyoundwa ili kuimarisha uelewaji wako na kukusaidia kupima ufahamu wako wa nyenzo.
Utakutana na mchanganyiko wa aina mbalimbali za maswali, ikiwemo maswali ya kuchagua jibu sahihi, maswali ya majibu mafupi, na maswali ya insha. Kila swali limebuniwa kwa umakini ili kupima vipengele tofauti vya maarifa yako na ujuzi wa kufikiri kwa makini.
Tumia sehemu hii ya tathmini kama fursa ya kuimarisha uelewa wako wa mada na kubaini maeneo yoyote ambapo unaweza kuhitaji kusoma zaidi. Usikatishwe tamaa na changamoto zozote utakazokutana nazo; badala yake, zitazame kama fursa za kukua na kuboresha.
- Transpiration is best defined as the: A. uptake of water by roots B. loss of water vapour from leaves C. movement of sugar in phloem D. loss of mineral ions Answer: B
- Which change increases the rate of transpiration? A. higher humidity B. lower temperature C. higher wind speed D. still air Answer: C
- Water vapour leaves the leaf mainly through the: A. xylem B. stomata C. cuticle D. phloem Answer: B
- [Supplement] The water column in the xylem does not break because of: A. active transport B. cohesion between water molecules C. lignin pumping water D. osmosis in the leaf Answer: B
- A potometer bubble moves 60 mm in 5 minutes. The rate of uptake is: A. 5 mm/min B. 12 mm/min C. 60 mm/min D. 300 mm/min Answer: B
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Pakua programu ya Green Bridge CBT kwenye simu yako au kompyuta yako ili kupata maelezo kamili ya masomo, maswali ya mazoezi, na mengi zaidi.
Inapatikana kwenye programu ya Green Bridge
Pakua programu ya Green Bridge CBT kwenye simu yako au kompyuta yako ili kupata maelezo kamili ya masomo, maswali ya mazoezi, na mengi zaidi.
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Ungependa kufanya mazoezi ya maswali ya majaribio kuhusu Transpiration? Pakua programu ya Green Bridge CBT ili kupata maswali ya majaribio na tathmini kamili za mazoezi kuhusu mada hii.
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