The roots of plants are able to self-regulate the amount of water they take in. Therefore, by adding this amount of water, Stela is insuring that the plant will have as much water as it needs to grow.
External Respiration takes place in the Trachea. When oxygen and co2 "switch" its where they connect and making this external respiration!
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It may have adapted so it wouldn't get eaten and so it could escape the predators <span />