The wax cuticle's purpose is to help prevent water loss
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What is the eperdermis and what is its purpose?
The eperdermis is thin and transparent and it's prpose is to allow more light to the chloroplasts
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What does the palisade layer contain and why?
The palisade layer contains chloroplasts to retrieve sunlight and provide nutrients to the plant
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How is the Spongy layer useful?
The spongy layer icludes many air holes to allow diffusion to take place from carbon dioxide throughout the leaf. This will create a larger surface area
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What are stomata and what is there purpose in a leaf's tructure?
Stomata are openings which allow caron dioxide to diffuse in and oxygen to diffuse out
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What is the guard cells' job and what does this prevent?
Guard cells control the openings to prevent unecessary water loss
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Card 2
Front
What is the eperdermis and what is its purpose?
Back
The eperdermis is thin and transparent and it's prpose is to allow more light to the chloroplasts
Card 3
Front
What does the palisade layer contain and why?
Back
Card 4
Front
How is the Spongy layer useful?
Back
Card 5
Front
What are stomata and what is there purpose in a leaf's tructure?
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