Water Stoma

You asked about Water Lilies, and these plants function much like other terrestrial plants do, with the adaptation of stoma on the upper epidermis. However, other aquatic plants have adapated in other ways. In other words, ...

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The stomata is used for transpiration and exchange of gases. Water Lilies are adapted with stoma on the upper dermis and not the lower. I guess we all learn new things everyday, ...

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... of photosynthesis 3. The net equation for photosynthesis produces (A.) water and carbon dioxide (B.) water and oxygen (C.) carbohydrate and carbon ... a barrier to water loss on the leaf surface. (C.) To provide a cue for stoma opening and closing. (D.) To store the energy of photosynthesis in ...

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... blue light receptor* -zeaxanthin is a blue receptive pigment that opens stoma in daylight -carotenoids absorb blue light and transfer the energy ... off a whole set of reactions; electochemical gradients, osmosis of water, etc. Red Spectrum (650-700nm): -enables the conversion of starch into ...

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Guard cells are the two cells that enclose stomatal pore and so comprise the stoma. Their chracteristic structure of cell walls allow them to shift their shape depending on their turgor. They control water flow through the plant but also gas exchange - they allow carbon dioxide to ...

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