Leaf Structure and Photosynthesis

The _______ of the plant are in charge of making food for the plant

• Flower

• Roots

• Leaves

• Stem

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The outer surface of the leaf has a thin waxy covering

• Blade

• Cuticle

• Petiole

• Epidermis

There are ____ types of vascular tissue

• 4

• 5

• 2

• 3

The vascular tissues are _____&_____

• Xylem and Phlobotemy

• Xylemy and Phloemy

• Xylemotomy and Phloemotomy

• Xylem and Phloem

Leaves can be of many different shaoes

• True

• False

Plants are green due to _______

• Chloroplasts

• Chlorophyll

The water needed for photosynthesis comes into the leaves through the _____

• Upper epidermis

• Stomata

• Guard cells

• Xylem vessel

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Which structure open and close the stomata to allow gas exchange but prevent water loss in leaves?

• Epidermis

• Vascular tissue

• Guard cells

• Spongy mesophyll

Which part of the leaf consists of xylem and phloem

• Vascular bundle

• Bundle sheath

• Palisade mesophyll

• Spongy mesophyll

Most photosynthesis occurs in this part of the leaf:

• Upper epidermis

• Cuticle

• Palisade mesophyll

• Spongy mesophyll

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