Lab Report

Lab Report

Introduction

Stomata are a particular kind of pore opening on the plants leaves. They are intended to soak up water from sources like rain even as also removing surplus water in the plant by means of transpiration (Fischer, 1968).

Discussion

Answer 1

Each stoma is composed of guard cells which control the closing and opening of stomata, which consecutively adjust the loss of water from the leaves to the environment through transpiration. One of the major solutes taken in by the guard cells from the adjacent cells, is potassium. The increase in potassium levels leads to stomatal opening and its lessening leads ...