Structure of a Leaf Answers

Complete the boxes to name the structures that make up the leaf and describe the function of each part.

Structure: Structure:
waxy cuticle palisade mesophyll tissue
Function: Function:
a protective layer that contains many chloroplasts
reduces water loss from the to absorb light for
leaf while still allowing light photosynthesis
through

Structure: Structure:
spongy mesophyll tissue air spaces
Function: Function:
contains large air spaces allow oxygen and carbon
to allow gases to diffuse dioxide to diffuse through
efficiently through the leaf the leaf

Structure: Structure:
stoma (plural: stomata) guard cells
Function: Function:
small openings that allow a pair of cells that control the
gases to diffuse into and out opening and closing of the
of the leaf stomata