TRANSPIRATION BOARD QUESTIONS:

2006
1.Explain briefly xerophytes have their leaves modified to spines or reduced in size.
2. Give the exact location and one function of stoma.
3. Explain the term bleeding in plants.
4. Give the exact location and one function of epidermis of plants.
2007
1. The given apparatus is used to study a particular process in plants. Study the same and
answer the questions that follow.

a. Name the apparatus.

b. Mention one limitation of this apparatus
c. Which phenomenon is studied with the help of this apparatus.
d. What is the function of the part marked reservoir?
e. What is the role of air bubble in the experiment?

2. Briefly explain the tern guttation.

2008
1. Give biological term for the following:
Respiratory openings found on the stem of woody plants.
Exudation of sap from injured parts of a plant
2. Herbaceous plants growing in well watered soil are found to wilt on a hot day ? why?
3. Given below is an apparatus which was set up to investigate a physiological process in
plants. This set-up was placed in bright sunlight. Answer the following questions(
 a. Name the process being studied.
b. Explain the process named above.
c. Why was the pot covered with a plastic sheet.
d. Suggest a suitable control for this experiment.
e. Mention two ways in which this process is beneficial to plants.
f. List the adaptations in plants to reduce the above-mentioned process.

2009

1. Name the process of loss of water from injured parts of the plant.
2. The diagram given below represents the structure found in the leaf. Study the same
and answer the questions that follow: (2009)

a. Name the parts labelled A & B in the diagram.

A is guard cell, B is stoma
b. What is the biological term for the above structure?
Stomata
c. What is the function of the part labelled A?
Regulates the opening and closing of the stomata.
d. Mention any two structural features of A, which help in the function
mentioned above.
The guard cells have thin outer wall and thick inner wall.
Guard cells contain chloroplast in their cytoplasm.
e. Where is this structure likely to be found in a leaf?
It is present on the lower surface of the leaf.
f. The above structure helps in the process of transpiration. Explain the term
transpiration.
3. Explain how the rate of transpiration is affected on
 a) a windy day b) foggy day
4. Mention three adaptations found in plants to reduce transpiration.
2010
1. Given belowis a set of five terms. Rewrite the terms in loical sequence as directed at the
end of the statement.
Stoma, mesophyllcells, xylem, sub stomatal spaces, intercellular spaces. ( loss of water
due to transpiration)
2. Choose the correct answer for the following statement out of three choices given after the
statement.
Loss of water as droplets from hydathodes is called___
a)Transpiration b) Bleeding c) Guttation
3. Explain the term bleeding in plants.
4. The leaves of certain plants roll up on a bright sunny day. Give reason for the following.
5. Name a plant with sunken stomata.

2011
1. Give the exact location of the site from where guttation takes place.
2. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:

a. Name the process being studied in the above experiment.

b. Explain the process mentioned above.
c. Why is oi placed over water.
d. What do we observe with regards to the level of water when this setup is
placed in (i) bright sunlight, (ii) Humid condition (iii) windy day.
e. Mention any 3 adaptations found in plants to overcome the process mentioned
above.

3. Write down the difference between: Guttation and bleeding (cause)

 2012

1. Given below is an experimental setup to demonstrate a particular process. Study the

same and answer the questions that follow:

a. Name the physiological process being studied.

b. Explain the process mentioned above
c. What is the aim of the above experiment
d. What would you observe in the experimental setup after an hour? Give reason to
support your answer.
e. Mention any 3 adaptations found in plants to overcome the physiological process
mentioned above.
2013
1. Name the waxy layer on the epidermis of the leaf to reduce transpiration.
2. Briefly explain the term guttation

2014

1.State the function of lenticel

2. The figure given below represents and experimental set-up with a weighing machine to
demonstrate a particular process in plants. The experimental set-up was placed in direct
sunlight. Study the diagram and answer the following questions: (2014)

a. Name the process intended for study.

 b. Define the above-mentioned process.
c. When the weight of the test tube (A and B) is taken before and after the
experiment, what is observed? Give reasons to justify your observation in A and
B.
d. What is the purpose of keeping the test tube B in the experimental set up.

2015

1. Given below is an apparatus which was set up to investigate a physiological process in

plants. This set-up was placed in bright sunlight. Answer the following questions(

a. Name the process being studied.

b. Explain the process named above.
c. Why was the pot covered with a plastic sheet.
d. Suggest a suitable control for this experiment.
e. Mention two ways in which this process is beneficial to plants.
f. List the adaptations in plants to reduce the above-mentioned process.

2. Give scientific reason for the following: Balsam plant wilt during mid day even if the soil
is well watered.
3. Mention the exact location of Lenticels
4. The phenomenon of loss of water through cut stem or injured part of the plant is called
______

2016

1. Given is an apparatus used to study a particular process in plants. Study the same and
answer the questions that follow: (2007, 2016)
 a.Name the apparatus.
b. Mention one limitation of this apparatus.
c. Which phenomenon is studies with the help of this apparatus.
d. What is the function of the part marked reservoir?
e. What is the role of the air bubble in the experiment?

2017

1. In some xerophytic plants leaves are modified to spines.

2. The apparatus that measures the rate of water uptake in a cut shoot due to transpiration
2018
1. Name the following : The waxy layer on the epidermis of leaf that reduces transpiration.
2. Lenticel or stomata ( which one remains open? )
3. Movement of molecules of substance from higher concentration to lower concentration
when both the regions are in direct contact with each other.

2019

1. Which one of the following does not affect the rate of transpiration: Light, Humidity,
Wind, Age of plant
a. Name the process being studied. Define the process.
b. Why was the pot enclosed in a rubber sheet?
c. Mention two external factors which can accelerate the above process.
d. List two adaptations in plants to reduce the above process.
e. Draw a neat, labelled diagram of stomatal apparatus.