Question

The water lost during transpiration is a side effect of the plant's exchange of gases. however, the plant derives some benefit from this water loss in the form of question 7 options:

a.mineral transport
b.evaporative cooling
c.evaporative cooling and mineral transport
d.increased turgor save

Answer 1

c. evaporative cooling and mineral transport
Because the evaporating water draws base water upwards through xylem, dragging dissolved minerals upward too, and evaporation does remove heat from the leaf surface, similar to why we sweat to cool our skin