Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 37, Problem 2A
If you could override the control mechanisms that open stomata and force them to remain closed, what would you expect to happen to the plant?
a. Sugar synthesis would likely slow down.
b. Water transport would likely slow down.
c. The plant could overheat.
d. All would be the result of keeping stomata closed.
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