Plant Structure H

Humans are considered to be heterotrophs because they can

• grow their own plants

• cook their own food

• not make their own food

• eat both plants and animals

The part of the leaf that prevents water loss is the

• lower epidermis

• stomate

• vein

• cuticle

The layer that is clear so that sunlight can pass through is the ________ layer.

• cuticle

• upper epidermis

• palisade

• lower epidermis

Guard Cells

• change shape to open and close the stomates

• open to allow oxygen to enter the plant

• open to allow water to enter the plant

• regulate the amount of sunlight entering the plant

The lower epidermis contains

• cuticle and stomates

• guard cells and stomates

• guard cells and cuticle

• centrioles and cuticle

This is the site of photosynthesis in plants

• chlorophyll

• stomates

• chloroplasts

• lower epidermis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following layers is primarily involved in gas exchange?

• cuticle

• palisade

• upper epidermis

• lower epidermis

If a plant were located in the desert, what part would be different from that of a plant living in West Islip?

• lower epidermis

• upper epidermis

• spongy layer

• cuticle

Fill in the blank: The ______ is responsible for photosynthesis in the leaf.

• Cuticle

• Stomate

• Chloroplast

• Vein

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the outermost layer of the leaf.

• Cuticle

• Stomate

• Lower epidermis

• Upper epidermis