Transpiration Formal Lab Report By Jessica Tran Introduction When water is transported from the roots to the mesophyll cells in the leaves‚ it is evaporates out the stomates‚ called transpiration‚ to create a lower osmotic potential. Osmotic potential is the part of the water potential of a tissue that results from the presence of solute particles. Even though the stomates open to release water‚ it also brings in carbon dioxide to produce sugar and oxygen through a process of photosynthesis
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LAB REPORT HYPOTHESIS 1: Plants transpire the most when the environment has light and less humidity JUSTIFICATION: Water evaporates more readily because light stimulates the opening of the stomata and photosynthesis would occur. HYPOTHESIS 2: Transpiration would occur the second most when there’s light and lots of humidity. JUSTIFICATION: The light would allow photosynthesis to occur and the stomata to open but little if any diffusion of water out the leaf would occur. HYPOTHESIS 3:
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Lab 4: Plant Transpiration Project By Shelby Hyde Lab 030 Date Due: March 12‚ 2013 The Effect of Wind on the Rate of Transpiration Introduction: Transpiration is the process through which water is evaporated from plants. This serves many purposes‚ including thermoregulation and the diffusion of CO2‚ but most importantly creates a water potential difference which causes the mass flow of water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves of the plant. Transpiration is accomplished through structures
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Introduction Transpiration is a process which is similar to the evaporation. Water is lost at the surface of the plant such as leaves‚ stems‚ roots and flowers in the form of water vapor. It creates a pulling. Force which causes continuous upward movement of water and mineral salts and this force is called transpiration pull. Apart from to water‚ gas like carbon dioxides from the air can also pass through by the pore of the surface of the plants for photosynthesis. But in this experiment‚ we
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Determine the % change in mass over the week and report these in a chart and graph. Be sure your graph has all of the appropriate titles and units. Analysis Questions: 1. For this experiment‚ what were the independent variable and the dependent variable? What was the control? What were some constants in this lab? 2. Calculate the average rate of water loss per day for each of the treatments. (Humidity‚ Light‚ Fan‚ Dark‚ Room or control). 3. Explain why each of the conditions
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Go to the following website for completion: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_10/BL_10.html Name _______________ Title: Plant Transpiration Question: What factor affects the transpiration rate in plants? | Normal | With Fan | With Heater | With Lamp | Arrowhead | 3.6 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 4.0 | Coleus | 0.9 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | Devil’s Ivy | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | Dieffenbachia | 4.1 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | English Ivy | 1.8 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2.1 | Geranium | 1.2 | 4.7 | 5.8
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TRANSPIRATION DESIGN LAB Transpiration is the process through which water is lost from a plant. Water is taken into a plant through roots and root hairs by osmosis‚ and it exits the plant through stomata. Transpiration helps the diffusion of both O2 and CO2 plus it helps the movement of water throughout the plant. There are some factors that affect the rate of transpiration of the plant. Those factors are mainly humidity‚ soil water supply‚ sunlight‚ temperature and wind. Any alteration
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environmental conditions affected the rate of transpiration of a plant. The environmental factors we looked at were the affects of various temperatures and different light amounts in the different temperatures. We found that as the temperature warmed up‚ the rate of transpiration was higher. When the temperature was at five degrees Celsius‚ the rate of transpiration was very low. When we took out half of the light source and measured the rate of transpiration in the three temperatures we found the same
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TRANSPIRATION: Investigation 11 Learning Objectives: To investigate the relationship among leaf surface area‚ number of stomata‚ and the rate of transpiration To design and conduct an experiment to explore other factors‚ including different environmental variables‚ on the rate of transpiration To investigate the relationship between the structure of vascular tissues (xylem and phloem) and their functions in transporting water and nutrients in plants Before doing this laboratory you should understand:
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Effect of Humidity on Transpiration in Plants Problem/Aim How does placing a plant in a more humid location for 50 minutes affect its rate of transpiration? Introduction Transpiration is the loss of water from a plant‚ mainly through the stomata of leaves. Darkness‚ internal water deficit‚ and extremes of temperature tend to close stomata and decrease transpiration; illumination‚ ample water supply‚ and optimum temperature cause stomata to open and increase transpiration. Its exact significance
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