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Plant Water Regulation
A plant requires water as an essential ingredient of photolysis, the photochemical stage of photosynthesis where water is... Read More
Transpiration
Definition noun (physics) The passage of gases through fine tubes or through a porous substance. (botany) The loss of water... Read More
Transpiration Stream
Pertaining to the flow of water across a plant, beginning with the uptake of water via the roots to the point where the... Read More
Evapotranspiration
Evapotranspiration (Science: botany) Loss of water by evaporation from the soil and transpiration from... Read More
Water in Plants – Quiz
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Turgor pressure
In biology, turgor pressure definition pertains to the pressure that is exerted by the fluid (e.g. water) against the cell... Read More
Surface water
Definition noun (ecology) Water that is above the substrate or soil surface such as streams, bays, lakes, rivers, seas,... Read More
Advances in Bioclimatology, Volume 3
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Cohesion Tension Theory
The hypothesis used to explain how water can travel upwards against gravity in a plant. Transpiration is believed to play a... Read More
Transpirtation
TranspirationA physiological process in which water evaporates from the leaves of plants (particularly through the... Read More
Vascular tissue
Definition noun, plural: vascular tissues (botany) A complex permanent tissue involved in the conduction of materials (e.g.... Read More
Terrestrial plant
Definition noun, plural: terrestrial plants Any animal that lives, grows and reproduce in aquatic... Read More
Leaves – Quiz
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Still Freshwater & Plants – QUiz
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Still Water Community Plants – Quiz
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Leaves – Dorsiventral
These leaves grow horizontally, so that the majority of photosynthetic cells are facing upwards and receiving light in the... Read More
Phytoremediation – A Green Solution to Pollution
Plants may be the raw material of the future for everything from fibers to fuels, but in the meantime they're busy mending... Read More
Photorespiration
Definition noun (1) The process by which in the presence of light plant consumes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide (in... Read More
Root pressure
Definition noun The osmotic pressure exerted in the roots of plants causing sap to rise through the stem to the leaves, and... Read More
Moisture content
Definition noun The weight of the water contained in an object or material, usually expressed as a percentage of... Read More
Plant leaves
plant leaves Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion... Read More
Perspiration
Definition noun (1) The act or the process of producing and excreting a watery, saline fluid that evaporates from the... Read More
Growth and Plant Hormones – Quiz
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Running Water Freshwater Communities – Quiz
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