Measuring Transpiration
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You can estimate the rate of transpiration by using a potometre and measuring the uptake of water by a plant. If you assume that the uptake of water is equal to the water loss by tramspiration.
You can use a potometer to measure the distance a bubble moves along a cappillary tube, it will move when water is being taken up by the plant.
Guard cells are adapted to open and close stomata:
- Shaped like a kidney which opens and closes.
- When the plant has lots of water…
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