anatomy of leaves

Question 1

leave cuticles

Answer 1

help with transpiration

Question 2

stomata

Answer 2

found in the lower epidermis. they’re responsible for taking in CO2 and realising oxygen

Question 3

mesophyll

Answer 3

tissue layer between the high and lower epidermis where the chloroplast is found

Question 4

vascular bundles

Answer 4

responsible for absorbing and transporting water that then forms into high energy sugars and transport them into high energy sugars

Question 5

pigments

Answer 5

light absorbing molecules

Question 6

what is the main pigment in plants?

Answer 6

chlorophyll. it absorbs violet, blue, and red; it reflects the green

Question 7

carotenoids

Answer 7

pigments that absorb green and reflect orange, yellow, and red

Question 8

how does the color of a plant change?

Answer 8

when the light’s intensity lowers which reveals the carotenoids.

Question 9

chloroplast structure

Answer 9

two organelles: thylakoid and stroma

Question 10

thylakoid

Answer 10

sack-like photosynthetic membrane

Question 11

granium

Answer 11

stack of thylakoids

Question 12

stroma

Answer 12

colorless liquid/fluid inside of the chloroplast