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If a potted plant is covered with a glass jar, water vapours appear on the wall of glass jar. Explain.

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Plants lose water through stomata from their leaves and yound stems by transpiration . As the potted plants is covered by a glass jar, water vapour, cannot excape and remain inside the jar . The walls of glass jar being cool, the water vapour, therefore, condense there.
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