Question

3. Nicole plans an investigation to determine the Sun's role in the water cycle. She

places a tomato plant in the sunshine and one in a darkened room. She puts a clear
plastic bag around a leaf on both plants. She waters the plants daily with the same
amount of water. After two days, she notices that there are water droplets on the
inside of the plastic bag on the plant that is in the sunshine. What part of the water
cycle does her experiment show?
A.
B.
It shows how sunlight triggers infiltration in the plant.
It shows how sunlight triggers evaporation in the plant.
It shows how sunlight triggers precipitation in the plant.
It shows how sunlight triggers transpiration in the plant.
C.
D.

Answer 1

It shows how sunlight triggers transpiration in the plant.

Step-by-step explanation:

The water eventually is released to the atmosphere as vapor via the plant's stomata — tiny, closeable, pore-like structures on the surfaces of leaves. Overall, this uptake of water at the roots, transport of water through plant tissues, and release of vapor by leaves are known as transpiration.