Plant Cells Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Cuticle cells?
A
Cuticle cells/tissue keep water from evaporating out of the leaf
2
Q
Epithelial cells
A
Make the waxy cuticle and provide protection.
3
Q
Palisade tissue/cells
A
Do photosynthesis
4
Q
Spongy Parenchyma cells/tissue
A
Contain gas : water vapour, oxygen, carbon dioxide
5
Q
Vascular bundle
A
Holds the xylem and Phloem and forms veins in the parenchyma sponges
6
Q
Xylem
A
Xylem tissue/cells transport water through the leaf
7
Q
Phloem
A
Transport sugar and distributes it throughout the plant
8
Q
Stomata
A
The gasses go through it
9
Q
Guard cells
A
Open and close for the stomata to let gas out and in. Carbon dioxide in, oxygen and water vapour out.
