Mesophyll
Specialized Leaves
Epidermis
Veins and More
Abscission
100
A conspicuous organelle in the cells of the palisade mesophyll
What is a chloroplast?
100
do not have active traps
What is a pitcher plant?
100
stomata are part of this tissue
What is epidermis (lower)?
100
have net veined leaves
What is a dicot?
100
plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season
What is deciduous?
200
place where most photosynthesis in a leaf takes place
What is the chloroplasts?
200
forms a haven for ant nests
What is flower pot leaves?
200
function of the stomata
What is facilitate transpiration?
200
the jacket of cells surrounding a leaf vein
What is bundle sheath cells?
200
all leaves originate as this...
What is primordia?
300
tissue that makes up the leaf's mesophyll
What is chlorenchyma tissue?
300
found at the bases of flowers or flower stalks
What are bracts?
300
guard cells and palisade mesophyll cells have this in common
What are chloroplasts?
300
made from leaf fibers
What is rope and twine?
300
a leaf that lacks a petiole is called this...
What is sessile?
400
has numerous intercellular spaces
What is spongy mesophyll?
400
which is not a specialized leaf: Irish white potato, venus flytrap, tendril of a pea plant
What is Irish white potato?
400
because of greater light intensity and heat absorption, the upper surface of the leaf has....
What are fewer stomata and thicker cuticle?
400
large cells of certain grass leaves that permit the leaves to roll up under dry conditions
What are bulliform cells?
400
leaflets attached to the end of the petiole
What is palmately compound?
500
leaf veins are located here
What is mesophyll?
500
functions as little windows that admit light to the interior of the leaf
What are window leaves?
500
epidermis is coated with this material
What is cutin?
500
leave pigments mostly responsible for gold to orange leaf colors in the fall
What is carotenes?
500
causes pectins in the middle lamella of cells of the separation layer to break down in the fall
What decreasing day length, low temps, decreasing light, and lack of adequate water?
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