Internal Plant Structures

The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around it to

• increase the rate of photosynthesis
• attract more light
• control water loss
• stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases escaping

Most of the chloroplast cells are found in the

• upper epidermis
• pallisade mesophyll layer
• lower epidermis
• stomata

The water needed for photosynthesis comes into the leaves through the

• upper epidermis
• stomata
• guard cells
• xylem cells

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The important gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through the

• upper epidermis
• phloem
• stomata
• guard cells

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Which structure helps prevent water loss and protects the leaf?

• Palisades mesophyll
• Spongy mesophyll
• Vascular tissue
• Cuticle

What is the name of the elongated, packed cells (part G) directly under the upper epidermis?

• Palisade cells

• Guard cell

• Spongy layer

• Lower epidermis

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What is letter "A" pointing to?

• cuticle

• upper epidermis

• lower epidermis

• palisade mesophyll

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What is letter "D" pointing to?

• upper epidermis

• palisade mesophyll

• spongy mesophyll

• bundle sheath

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Which number is pointing to the xylem of the leaf?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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Which of the following is pointing to the "guard cell"?

• B

• C

• D

• E

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