A potometer, or transpirometer, is a device used to measure the rate of transpiration, or the rate of loss of water, from the leaves of a plant.d. One type of potometer design commonly used in the biology classroom is the bubble potometer, where the rate of movement of a bubble of air inside a column of water is used to measure the transpiration rate of a plant.
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings. The creature was an Egyptian invention and had a male head - human or animal; however, in ancient Greek culture the creature had the head of a woman.
1-23-2010 - Last night Joe Mason and I watched a television show on NOVA about the head of the Sphinx. They were speculating about who the Pharaoh was that was portrayed, and it was easy to see how out of proportion the head is to the size of the Sphinx.