INVESTIGATING LEAVES

What are the functions of the leaves? ONE IS INCORRECT

• To make food for the plat through PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

• To exchange gases.

• To excrete waste.

• To draw water through the plant by TRANSPIRATION.

• To help the plant reproduce.

What is the thin FLAT part of the leaf?

• PETIOLE

• MIDRIB

• BLADE

• VEINS

What is the main vein that carries water and other substances to and from a broad leaf?

• VEINS

• BLADE

• PETIOLE

• MIDRIB

What are the small lines that are from the midrib to the blade?

• VEINS

• PETIOLE

• MIDRIB

What is the stalk that attaches the leaf to the stem?

• BLADE

• PETIOLE

• VEINS

• MIDRIB

What are the small holes in the underside of the leaf where gases and water vapour leave an other gases can enter the leaf?

What is the process that leaves manufacture or make food for the plant?

• TRANSPIRATION

• PHOTOSYNTHESIS

What do leaves need to make food for the plant?