Waec Model Questions Vol1 2021 Biology Question 31
Practice objective / multiple choice question 31 from the 2021 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.
Two desert plants employ different adaptations to survive drought. Plant A (a cactus) has a thick waxy cuticle that reduces its transpiration to 15 % of that of a typical leaf. A typical leaf loses 1.2 L of water per day. Plant A also stores 6 L of water in its tissues at the beginning of a drought. Plant B (a shrub) possesses a deep taproot that allows it to absorb 0.4 L of water per day from the water table, but its leaves have a normal cuticle and lose water at the same rate as a typical leaf. If a drought lasts 25 days with no rainfall, which plant will have a net positive water balance at the end of the drought?
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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2021 Biology Question 31. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.
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