Name the following:

(a) Openings on the stem through which transpiration occurs.

(b) The process by which the intact plant loses water in the form of droplets.

(c) An instrument used to find the rate of transpiration.

(d) A plant in which the stomata are sunken.

(e) The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.

(f) Any two parts of a leaf which allow transpiration.

(g) The structure in a leaf that allows guttation.

(h) Loss of water as droplets from the margins of certain leaves.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) Transpiration is the loss of water as water …………… from the …………… parts of the plant.

(b) Closing of …………… and shedding of leaves reduce …………… .

(c) Transpiration helps in creating …………… force and in removing excess …………… .

State whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F)? Rewrite the false statements in the correct form.

(i) Most transpiration occurs at midnight.

(ii) Transpiration creates a pull for the upward movement of the sap.

(iii) Wind velocity has an effect on transpiration.

(iv) Atmospheric humidity promotes transpiration from a green plant.

(v) Transpiration helps to cool the body of the plant.

Match the terms given in column A with column B: