Leaf Structure

Identify the leaf part.

• Stomates

• Guard cells

• Mesophyll

• Cuticle

Which picture shows the palisade layer?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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Which picture shows the spongy layer?

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Identify the leaf part.

• Guard cells

• Stomates

• Cuticle

• Spongy Layer

Which picture shows the cuticle?

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Which picture shows the epidermis?

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The xylem and phloem together are know as

• vascular bundles.

• the mesophyll.

• stomates.

• guard cells.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

The guards cells are located in the

• lower epidermis.

• upper epidermis.

• cuticle.

• palisades layer.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Most of the photosynthesis in a leaf occurs in the

• mesophyll layer (palisades and spongy layers).

• epidermis.

• xylem and phloem.

• stomates.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

Stomates have multiple functions. Select the two answers that best describe what stomates do.

• allow carbon dioxide into the leaf

• allow oxygen out of the leaf

• allow sunlight into the leaf

• allow sugars out of the leaf