Transpiration is the process by which plants release water from their leaves into the atmosphere. Water is absorbed by the plant's roots and transported through the xylem tissue to the leaves, where it evaporates through openings called stomata. The rate of transpiration is influenced by temperature, humidity, wind, soil moisture, and the type of plant. Warmer temperatures, lower humidity, more wind, and moister soil cause higher transpiration rates, while adaptations like those in cacti result in less water loss through transpiration.
Transpiration is the process by which plants release water from their leaves into the atmosphere. Water is absorbed by the plant's roots and transported through the xylem tissue to the leaves, where it evaporates through openings called stomata. The rate of transpiration is influenced by temperature, humidity, wind, soil moisture, and the type of plant. Warmer temperatures, lower humidity, more wind, and moister soil cause higher transpiration rates, while adaptations like those in cacti result in less water loss through transpiration.
Transpiration is the process by which plants release water from their leaves into the atmosphere. Water is absorbed by the plant's roots and transported through the xylem tissue to the leaves, where it evaporates through openings called stomata. The rate of transpiration is influenced by temperature, humidity, wind, soil moisture, and the type of plant. Warmer temperatures, lower humidity, more wind, and moister soil cause higher transpiration rates, while adaptations like those in cacti result in less water loss through transpiration.
When water is evaporated from plants, this process is called transpiration.
The surplus water
absorbed by the roots of the plant is released mainly from the leaves into the atmosphere by this process. The root of the plant allows water to be absorbed into the plant, which is then transported through the xylem tissue, in the stem, to the leaves due to capillary forces and the action of cohesion of water molecules. Transpiration occurs when the moisture content of the atmosphere is lower than that of the moisture inside the leaf. The stomates of the leaves open and allows the water to be evaporated owing to diffusion. Temperature is one factor that influence transpiration to occur. As the temperature rises, water transpires due to the stomata of leaves opening. Warmer conditions cause plants to transpire more. Other crucial elements include the soil's and the air's amounts of moisture. The rate of transpiration decreases as the relative humidity of the air rises because there is more moisture in the atmosphere. However, because they are consuming more water, plants will transpire more if the soil is moister. Wind reduces the relative humidity in the area around a plant causing an increase rate of transpiration. Naturally, different plants transpire more than others. Cacti and other arid- climate plants have evolved to need less water, so they transpire less compared to other plants. Evapotranspiration is the collective name for the evaporation from Earth's waterways and from plants through transpiration (Editors, B. D. 2017, January 31).
Editors, B. D. (2017, January 31). Transpiration. Biology Dictionary.
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