Parts of a leaf

What is this?

• branch

• leaf

• root

What does a leaf do? Pick all the correct answers.

• It makes food for the plant.

• It retains water for the plant.

• It helps the plant to breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.

What is this?

• Apex

• Petiole

• Midrib

What is the function of the apex?

• It helps the leaf stand upright.

• It connects the stem to the leaf.

• It drips off excess water on the leaf.

What is this?

• Stipule

• Blade

• Midrib

Midrib is in the middle of a leaf. It keeps the leaf in ________.

• a bent position

• an upright position

• a curved position

These are ________.

• Stipules

• Petioles

• Blades

Blades help the plant to ____________.

• get energy from the sun

• stay in an upright position

• protect the growing leaves

This is __________.

• Apex

• Midrib

• Stipule

Stipule protects __________.

• the growing leaves

• the growing flowers

• the growing stem