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Stretch Questions
1 a Sort the following plant components into tissues and organs:
root epidermis xylem flower
Tissues Organs

b Describe the function of each organ you identified.

2 Link each plant tissue with its function:

Transport dissolved food from the

Palisade mesophyll
leaves around the plant

Phloem Main site of photosynthesis

Cover the surfaces of the leaf and

Xylem
provide protection

Transport water and dissolved mineral

Epidermal
ions

3 Using specific named parts, explain why a plant’s leaf is an

example of an organ.

4 The Figure represents a vertical section through a leaf at 200

magnification.
a Identify the parts labelled in the Figure below.
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Leaves adaptations exam question

Plants that live in water are called hydrophytes.

Fig. 5.1 shows a cross-section of a leaf of the hydrophyte, Nuphar lutea. The leaves of
N lut float on the surface of water.
B
A

Fig. 5.1
(b) Complete Table 5.1 by describing the function of each feature. The function for
feature A has already been completed.

Table 5.1
f f

A transparent to allow light to penetrate into the leaf

B
……………………………………………………………………………..

C
……………………………………………………………………………..

D
……………………………………………………………………………..
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(c) State and explain one way in which the leaves of N. lutea are adapted to their
environment.

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