PHOTOSYNTHESIS -

ANAGRAMS
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THE DIAGRAM SHOWS A LEAF CROSS
SECTION UNDER A MICROSCOPE
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Leaf Adaptations
LO: How is a leaf adapted to carry out its function?

• Explain the adaptations of the leaf

• Describe how each part is adapted to its

function

• Know the different parts of the leaf

LEAF STRUCTURE VIDEO
 LEAF CROSS SECTION
Upper Waxy Cuticle
Epidermis
Palisade
Chloroplasts Mesophyll

Mesophyll
Xylem
Vascular
bundle Spongy
Phloem Mesophyll
Air
Space
Lower Waxy
Epidermis Cuticle
Stomata Guard cells
 LEAF CROSS SECTION
Try and name
the different
parts of a leaf.
The words you
need to use are
on the next slide.

Don’t fill any of the large boxes that have been

blacked out in the diagram above.
 LEAF STRUCTURE
Try to work out which where the labels should go
Upper Palisade
Epidermis Mesophyll
Chloroplasts Air
Xylem Space

Lower Guard cells

Epidermis
Stomata
Waxy Cuticle
Mesophyll
Vascular
bundle Phloem

Spongy Waxy
Mesophyll Cuticle
 LEAF CROSS SECTION
Upper Waxy Cuticle
Epidermis
Palisade
Chloroplasts Mesophyll

Mesophyll
Xylem
Vascular
bundle Spongy
Phloem Mesophyll
Air
Space
Lower Waxy
Epidermis Cuticle
Stomata Guard cells
 LEAF CROSS SECTION

Cut out these statements and

put them in the correct large
box
 LEAF CROSS SECTION
Cells are packed with
A waterproof layer that Layers of cells with no
chloroplasts and are long
stops water loss out of the nucleus that allow light to
to maximise
leaf pass through
photosynthesis

These spaces allow gases The underside of the leaf is

Two of these cells form a
such as CO2 and O2 to covered in these pores that
pore (hole) in the bottom
diffuse in and out of the open and close to allow
of the leaf
leaves easily gases in and out of the leaf
22/10/2023 Photosynthesis
Leaf Adaptations
LO: How is a leaf adapted to carry out its function?

• Explain the adaptations of the leaf

• Describe how each part is adapted to its

function

• Know the different parts of the leaf

LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Write the correct letter to
each question in the back
of your book

Which label shows the

waxy layer?
LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Write the correct letter to
each question in the back
of your book

Which label shows the

palisade cells?
LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Write the correct letter to
each question in the back
of your book

Which label shows the

spongy mesophyll cells?
LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Write the correct letter to
each question in the back
of your book

Which label shows a

stoma?
LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Write the correct letter to
each question in the back
of your book

Which label contain lots of

chloroplasts to absorb as
much as possible of the
available light?
LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Write the correct letter to
each question in the back
of your book

Which label is to protect

the leaf without blocking
out light?
LEAF STRUCTURE -
CHECKPOINT
Answers

A, C, D, E, C, A
 LEAF ADAPTATIONS
Leafy adaptations
Link the adaptations of the leaf to its function in photosynthesis
Thin to allow gases to diffuse easily.
Can change contain chlorophyll that absorbs
direction light energy from the Sun.
Large surface area to reduce water loss.
Waxy layer on the
top of the leaf to face the sunlight.

chloroplasts to absorb more light.

to transport water to the leaf
Veins and glucose away from the leaf.
Many stomata to allow for gas exchange.
 LEAF ADAPTATIONS
Leafy adaptations
Link the adaptations of the leaf to its function in photosynthesis
Thin to allow gases to diffuse easily.
Can change contain chlorophyll that absorbs
direction light energy from the Sun.
Large surface area to reduce water loss.
Waxy layer on the
top of the leaf to face the sunlight.

chloroplasts to absorb more light.

to transport water to the leaf
Veins and glucose away from the leaf.
Many stomata to allow for gas exchange.
LEAF CROSS SECTION
 LEAF CROSS SECTION
Upper Waxy Cuticle
Epidermis
Palisade
Chloroplasts Mesophyll

Mesophyll
Xylem
Vascular
bundle Spongy
Phloem Mesophyll
Air
Space
Lower Waxy
Epidermis Cuticle
Stomata Guard cells
LEAF CROSS SECTION
 Cells are packed with Cells are packed with Cells are packed with
chloroplasts and are long to chloroplasts and are long to chloroplasts and are long to
maximise photosynthesis maximise photosynthesis maximise photosynthesis

A waterproof layer that A waterproof layer that A waterproof layer that

stops water loss out of the stops water loss out of the stops water loss out of the
leaf leaf leaf

These spaces allow gases These spaces allow gases These spaces allow gases
such as CO2 and O2 to diffuse such as CO2 and O2 to diffuse such as CO2 and O2 to diffuse
in and out of the leaves in and out of the leaves in and out of the leaves
easily easily easily

Two of these cells form a Two of these cells form a Two of these cells form a
pore (hole) in the bottom of pore (hole) in the bottom of pore (hole) in the bottom of
the leaf the leaf the leaf

The underside of the leaf is The underside of the leaf is The underside of the leaf is
covered in these pores that covered in these pores that covered in these pores that
open and close to allow open and close to allow open and close to allow
gases in and out of the leaf gases in and out of the leaf gases in and out of the leaf

Layers of cells with no Layers of cells with no Layers of cells with no

nucleus that allow light to nucleus that allow light to nucleus that allow light to
pass through pass through pass through