BiologyCode 5090
Leaf structure
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- State that leaves are usually thin with a large surface area, and explain how each of these features is an adaptation for photosynthesis
- Identify and label, on diagrams or photomicrographs of a dicotyledonous leaf, the cuticle and the structures of its cells and tissues, and explain how each is adapted for photosynthesis and gas exchange, limited to: (a) the stomata with their guard cells (b) palisade and spongy mesophyll cells (c) the air spaces (d) vascular bundles, made of xylem and phloem (e) how the chloroplasts are distributed (f) the upper and the lower epidermis