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a] List the functions of stomata.
b] A potted plant is not watered for about two days. A section of the leaf from that plant is observed under the microscope. How will the stomata appear and why?

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a] 1) Helps in exchange of gases in both respiration and photosynthesis.
2] Helps in transpiration.
b) The stomatal openings will be closed so as to conserve water present in plant body by controlling the rate of transpiration.
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