Guard cells

a. surround the stoma.
b. control the flow of gases between the
interior of a leaf and the atmosphere.
c. become turgid when it becomes light if
environmental conditions are not too hot or
too dry.
d. may absorb water from surrounding
epidermal cells.
e. do all of these.


E

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