The cells of a certain plant species can accumulate solutes to cr...

Question

The cells of a certain plant species can accumulate solutes to create very low solute potentials. Which of these statements is correct?
a. The plant's transpiration rates will tend to be extremely low.
b. The plant can compete for water effectively and live in
c. relatively dry soils.
d. The plant will grow most effectively in soils that are saturated with water year-round.
e. The plant's leaves will wilt easily.

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So plants adapt to relatively dry environment by. I want you to think about what happens to plants in relatively dry environment and water loss is what it's going to take place. If there is too much heat then water will transform into a vapor and be lost via transpiration, which is what this process is labeled us. However, if the plant wants to prevent this, one thing that he could do is exploit this pressure that affects water called osmosis, which is the ability of water to move from low solute concentrations to high solute concentrations. So if the plant accumulates these salutes, then water will be attracted to the plant or it would not leave the plant as easily because it would be attracted to the salutes within the plant due to osmosis. Because of this, the correct answer to our question is going to be answer choice. A accumulating salutes to create a very low solute potential. That is the final answer to our question. And I really hope this video helped you

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