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Is water losing through transpiration harmful or benefical for plant

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Answer:

Beneficial. Read below

Step-by-step explanation:

Water naturally does evaporate from the leaves. When it does, it makes a sort of suction in the 'pipes' of the plant. Think of it like when you drink from a cup with a straw. You take juice out from the straw by sucking it but that makes the juice still in the cup go up to replace that lost juice. This is how plants absorb water from the roots. If transpiration didn't happen, plants wouldn't be able to absorb water apart from osmosis but that would be too slow.

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