You Can See How Environmental Conditions Affect Transpiration Rates

Question 1

What can you use a potometer to estimate?

Answer 1

How different factors affect the transpiration rate

Question 2

How could you increase the intensity of light?

Answer 2

Use a lamp - increase transpiration

Question 3

How could you decrease the intensity of light?

Answer 3

Put the potometer in a cupboard - decrease transpiration

Question 4

How could you increase the temperature?n

Answer 4

Put potometer in a warmer room

Question 5

How could you decrease the temperature?

Answer 5

Put potometer in colder room

Question 6

What would an increase in the temp increase?

Answer 6

Transpiration rate

Question 7

How could you increase the humidity of the air around the plant?

Answer 7

By spraying a little water into a clear bag before sealing it around the plant

Question 8

What would increasing the humidity do?

Answer 8

Decrease the rate of transpiration

Question 9

How could you increase the wind speed around the plant?

Answer 9

Use a fan

Question 10

What would increasing the wind speed do?

Answer 10

Increase the transpiration rate