Question

In the early 20th century, an experiment was conducted to determine how large the forces are that allow leaves to pull water from the soil. The rate at which water flowed from a reservoir into the cut tip of an actively transpiring plant was _____ the flow rate through the branch tip when it was subsequently attached to a vacuum pump.

Answer 1

Greater than

Step-by-step explanation:

It's an expression used to compare flow of water between the two different parameters.