Structure of the Leaf

Plants make food through photosynthesis

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Using their __________, plants combine sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make glucose and oxygen

• Flowers

• Leaves

• Stem

• Roots

Specialized cells that trap light on top of the leaf are called __________ __________ cells

• stem

• root

• stomata

• palisade mesophyll

There are little pores on the bottom of the leaf called ________

• stem

• root

• stomata

• palisade mesophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The stomata are controlled by '________' shaped' guard cells

• Kentucky Fried Chicken

• Sausage

• Banana

• Pear

'__________ __________' comes in from the stomata

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

'___________' comes into the plant through the roots

• Oxygen

• Water

• Carbon Dioxide

• Goku

At the ____ and _________ of the leaf are epidermis cells. These produce a protective waxy cuticle layer

• left, right

• up, down

• top, bottom

• in, out

carbon dioxide comes in from the stomata, and then makes through the gaps in the _________ mesophyll layer

• spongy

• rugged

• hard

• thick

So from top to bottom, a leaf's structure is

• 1. Palisade cells
  2. Waxy cuticle and epidermis cells
  3. Spongy mesophyll
  4. Epidermis and cuticle, with stomata
• 1. Waxy cuticle and epidermis cells
  2. Palisade cells
  3. Spongy mesophyll
  4. Epidermis and cuticle, with stomata
• 1. Epidermis and cuticle, with stomata
  2. Waxy cuticle and epidermis cells
  3. Palisade cells
  4. Spongy mesophyll
• 1. Waxy cuticle and epidermis cells
  2. Spongy mesophyll
  3. Palisade cells
  4. Epidermis and cuticle, with stomata