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An experiment to show how water loss in leaves can vary.
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An experiment to show how water loss in leaves can vary Introduction Transpiration is the movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration in a leaf from out of the stomata. Mostly the stomata lie on the under side of the leaf but occasionally the stomata can lie on the top or on the stem of the leaf. Factors that increase the rates of reaction are: windy conditions, hot conditions, humid conditions and the rate of water being absorbed through the roots being smaller than the rate it is transpired. A couple of ways that you could decrease or prevent transpiration could be keeping the leaf in an airtight container so the water evaporated does not escape and the conditions surrounding the leaf are humid so the rate of transpiration would not be as great, another way could be to cover the stomata with a...
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