What physical process is the release of molecular oxygen from leaves?
- ADiffusion
- BTranspiration
- COsmosis
- DMore than one of the above
- ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (a) Diffusion
Explanation
Oxygen made in photosynthesis builds up inside the leaf and moves out through the stomata from higher to lower concentration: this is diffusion. Carbon dioxide enters the leaf the same way.
Transpiration is the loss of water vapour from leaves, and osmosis is the movement of water across a membrane.