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  1. Transpiration - Wikipedia

    Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers. It is a passive process that requires no energy expense by the …

  2. Transpiration | Definition, Mechanism, & Facts | Britannica

    transpiration, in botany, a plant’s loss of water, mainly through the stomata of leaves. Stomatal openings are necessary to admit carbon dioxide to the leaf interior and to allow oxygen to escape during …

  3. Evapotranspiration and the Water Cycle | U.S. Geological Survey

    Jun 12, 2018 · Transpiration occurs when plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves. In order to understand evapotranspiration, let’s explore what …

  4. Transpiration - Definition, Function and Examples | Biology Dictionary

    Oct 4, 2019 · Transpiration is the evaporation of water from plants. Most of the water absorbed by the roots of a plant—as much as 99.5 percent—is not used for growth or metabolism; it is excess water, …

  5. Transpiration – Definition, Factors, Types, and Importance

    Feb 17, 2023 · Transpiration is the biological process by which water is released in the air as water vapor through minute pores called stomata. It occurs through the aerial parts of the plant, such as …

  6. Transpiration in Plants: Types, Mechanism, Factors, Uses

    Apr 18, 2024 · Transpiration is defined as water loss in the form of water vapor from the internal tissues of aerial parts of the plant body under the influence of sunlight and regulated to some extent by the …

  7. Transpiration | Biology for Majors II - Lumen Learning

    Transpiration —the loss of water vapor to the atmosphere through stomata—is a passive process, meaning that metabolic energy in the form of ATP is not required for water movement.

  8. Transpiration Definition - BYJU'S

    During the process of transpiration, water molecules in the plant tissues are removed from the aerial parts of the plants. Only a small amount of water absorbed by the plants is utilised in growth and …

  9. The Biology of Transpiration. From Guard Cells to Globe - PMC

    Since plants do not have membranes that are both permeable to CO 2 and impermeable to water, transpiration is an inevitable consequence of photosynthesis. To control water loss, plants are …

  10. 16.2C: Transpiration - Biology LibreTexts

    Transpiration is the evaporation of water from plants. It occurs chiefly at the leaves while their stomata are open for the passage of CO 2 and O 2 during photosynthesis.