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Q: Why are leaves held up on a stalk?
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When you do a transpiration action experiment with a stalk of celery with leaves and a stalk of celery without leaves which pulls up faster?

the celery stalk that has leaves


When you do a capillary action experiment with a stalk of celery with leaves and a stalk of celery without leaves which one pulls up water faster?

The stalk of celery with leaves pulls up water faster, as water evaporates from the leaves, creating an area of low pressure, and the water moves up from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.


How do leaves on a celery stalk effect the water movement?

it has a larger surface area the celery stalks with out leaves & surface area is an enzyme that speeds up the transpiration in the Xylem tubes


How do you tell if your weed plant is dead?

The leaves will dry up and the stalk will lose its color.


What is the long stem of a plant from which leaves and flowers grow?

Stalk


Parts of a flowering plant?

Petal leaves roots stalk


Where do plant get carbon dioxide form?

Plants get Carbon dioxide from the air. The leaves on the plant are held up in the air by the leaf stalk so that they can be exposed to as much air as possible. The carbon dioxide then diffuses into the leaves where it is combined with hydrogen during the reduction reaction.


What is the leaf stalk of a grass leaf?

Grass leaves are sessile and have no stalk , leaf base of grass leaf is sheathing .


Do daffodils have eight leaves?

The actual daffodil flower grows out of the bulb on its own stalk. There are no leaves attached to this stalk. The daffodil bulb can put up a variable number of leaves each year. The number depends on the size of the bulb. The larger the bulb, the more leaves it needs to produce food to support the tissue and to store away for next year's growth.


What is the term used to describe leaves without stalk?

petidocle


What is a special tree with long stalk and lobed leaves?

papaya


What term describes leaves that are composd of two or more leaf lets on a common stalk?

The term that describes leaves composed of two or more leaflets on a common stalk is called compound leaves. Compound leaves have several leaflets attached to a central stalk, known as the petiole, rather than a single leaf blade. Examples of plants with compound leaves are poison ivy and clover.