The Structure of Plants as Relates to Transpiration

All plants need water to survive. However, plants lose huge amounts of water through transpiration, which is the evaporation of water from the aerial surfaces of a plant. In order to understand this process, one must first analyze the structure of a plant.
<Tab/>Angiosperms are divided into two separate groups: monocots, with single cotyledons, or seed leaves, and dicots, with two cotyledons. Monocots usually have parallel veins in the leaf, complexly arranged vascular bundles, fibrous root systems, and floral parts in multiples of three. Dicots usually have netlike veins in…