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Maintaining Water Through Hairs
Some leaves adapt well to the environment and weather conditions because of their hairs. Hairy leaves help the plant retain some moisture. The hairs are tiny, as they are just single cells, but have the ability to slow down the process of evaporation and protect the leaf from wind. This is how leaves maintain water that they receive. This is vital when the leaf has to conduct photosynthesis. Hairy leaves are especially useful in tropical areas. There are several properties to water; one that is particular to hairy leaves is surface tension. Surface tension means water molecules are cohering to one another at the surface, such as rain drops on a leaf. Scientifically, water moves from regions of high water concentration to regions of low water concentration. High water concentration is in the vacuoles of plant cells, so water moves from there to the cytoplasm, which has dissolved molecules. Thus, all of that is pushed to the cell wall.
Maintaining Water Through Hairs
Some leaves adapt well to the environment and weather conditions because of their hairs. Hairy leaves help the plant retain some moisture. The hairs are tiny, as they are just single cells, but have the ability to slow down the process of evaporation and protect the leaf from wind. This is how leaves maintain water that they receive. This is vital when the leaf has to conduct photosynthesis. Hairy leaves are especially useful in tropical areas. There are several properties to water; one that is particular to hairy leaves is surface tension. Surface tension means water molecules are cohering to one another at the surface, such as rain drops on a leaf. Scientifically, water moves from regions of high water concentration to regions of low water concentration. High water concentration is in the vacuoles of plant cells, so water moves from there to the cytoplasm, which has dissolved molecules. Thus, all of that is pushed to the cell wall.