The document compares and contrasts the biological process of transpiration that occurs in living plant tissues through stomata, cuticle, or lenticels during the day with the physical process of evaporation from the entire outer surface of non-living plant parts during the day and night without regulation. Transpiration helps uptake minerals and nutrients, keeps surfaces wet, and protects from sunburn, while evaporation provides dryness and is not associated with nutrient uptake.
The document compares and contrasts the biological process of transpiration that occurs in living plant tissues through stomata, cuticle, or lenticels during the day with the physical process of evaporation from the entire outer surface of non-living plant parts during the day and night without regulation. Transpiration helps uptake minerals and nutrients, keeps surfaces wet, and protects from sunburn, while evaporation provides dryness and is not associated with nutrient uptake.
The document compares and contrasts the biological process of transpiration that occurs in living plant tissues through stomata, cuticle, or lenticels during the day with the physical process of evaporation from the entire outer surface of non-living plant parts during the day and night without regulation. Transpiration helps uptake minerals and nutrients, keeps surfaces wet, and protects from sunburn, while evaporation provides dryness and is not associated with nutrient uptake.
• It is a biological process. • It is a physical process.
• Transpiration is a slow process. • Comparatively a fast process.
• Occurs in living tissues. • Involves non-living matter.
• In the process of transpiration • In this process, water is lost from
water is lost from plant cells the surface of plant parts • Occurs through stomata, cuticle or • It occurs from the entire outer lenticel. surface • Occurs during the daytime. • Occurs during day as well as night
• It is regulated by temperature, • There is no such regulations or
light, concentration, pH, hormones control over the Evaporation. and carbon dioxide. • Surface remains wet • Surface becomes dry
• It helps in the uptake of minerals • It is not associated with minerals
and nutrients. or nutrients uptake • Transpiration is controlled by • Evaporation is independent of osmotic potential and water these processes potential. • Transpiration makes the surface of • Evaporation provides dryness to leaves and young stems wet and the free surface. protects them from sunburn.