Rate of transpiration
- Created by: Lottie Hodson
- Created on: 24-04-13 13:38
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- RATE OF TRANSPIRATION
- TEMPERATURE
- Description
- Transpiration is faster in higher temperatures
- Explanation
- Evaporation and diffusion are fatser at higher temperatures
- Description
- WIND
- Description
- Transpiration is faster in windy conditions
- Explanation
- Water vapour is removed quickly by movement, speeding up diffusion of more water vapour out of the leaf
- Description
- LIGHT
- Description
- In bright light transpiration increases
- Explanation
- Stomata opens wider to allow more CO into the leaf for photosynthesis
- Description
- HUMIDITY
- Description
- Transpiration is slower in humid conditions
- Explanation
- Diffusion of water vapour out of the leaf slows down if the leaf is already surrounded by moist air
- Description
- TEMPERATURE
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