Wednesday, April 20, 2011

How are plants adapted for gas exchange

  1. The process of gas exchange involve the intake of Carbon dioxide into the leaf and the release of Carbon dioxide out of the leaf.
  2. The leaf is very thin, therefore the diffusiong distance for Carbon dioxide and oxygen is very small. This speed up the process as both gases, either way, in or out, diffuse faster.
  3. Stomatal pores are formed by two guard cells which open and close the pore. This gives the plant some control over gas exchange.

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