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    Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and photosynthesis. Their structure allows them to efficiently absorb light, take in carbon dioxide, and release oxygen. Leaves have a large surface area, thin blades, and vascular tissue that transports water, minerals, and glucose. The tissues within leaves - epidermis, palisade mesophyll and spongy mesophyll - are arranged to maximize gas exchange and light absorption during photosynthesis.

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    Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and photosynthesis. Their structure allows them to efficiently absorb light, take in carbon dioxide, and release oxygen. Leaves have a large surface area, thin blades, and vascular tissue that transports water, minerals, and glucose. The tissues within leaves - epidermis, palisade mesophyll and spongy mesophyll - are arranged to maximize gas exchange and light absorption during photosynthesis.

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    Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and photosynthesis. Their structure allows them to efficiently absorb light, take in carbon dioxide, and release oxygen. Leaves have a large surface area, thin blades, and vascular tissue that transports water, minerals, and glucose. The tissues within leaves - epidermis, palisade mesophyll and spongy mesophyll - are arranged to maximize gas exchange and light absorption during photosynthesis.

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    Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and photosynthesis. Their structure allows them to efficiently absorb light, take in carbon dioxide, and release oxygen. Leaves have a large surface area, thin blades, and vascular tissue that transports water, minerals, and glucose. The tissues within leaves - epidermis, palisade mesophyll and spongy mesophyll - are arranged to maximize gas exchange and light absorption during photosynthesis.

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    LEAF STRUCTURE

    Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and photosynthesis.

    Feature Function

    For maximum absorption of light; for optimum absorption of


    Large surface area
    carbon dioxide

    A thin, flattened blade -


    though there are So that water and gases have a limited distance to diffuse
    exceptions

    Branches of the xylem, to transport water and minerals to the


    Vascular tissue in the
    leaf; branches of the phloem, to transport glucose and other
    midrib and veins
    products of photosynthesis to other parts of the plant

    Air spaces between


    For the diffusion of gases
    cells within the leaf
    Plant tissues - epidermis, palisade
    mesophyll and spongy mesophyll
    The structure of a leaf
    Plant leaves are adapted for photosynthesis, and the exchange of gases
    required for the process. The structure of the tissues is related to their
    functions in the plant.
    Absorbing light energy

    The palisade mesophyll layer of the leaf is adapted to absorb light efficiently. The cells:

     are packed with many chloroplasts


     are column-shaped and arranged closely together
     towards the upper surface of the leaf
    Gas exchange

    Spongy mesophyll tissue is packed loosely for efficient gas exchange. The spongy
    mesophyll cells are covered by a thin layer of water. Gases dissolve in this water as
    they move into and out of the cells.

    When the plant is photosynthesising during the day, these features allow carbon dioxide
    to diffuse into the spongy mesophyll cells, and oxygen to diffuse out of them.

    To enter the leaf, gases diffuse through small pores called stomata. As the stomata
    open, water is lost by the process of transpiration. Closing the stomata helps to control
    water loss.

    Plant transport tissues - xylem and


    phloem
    Xylem
    The xylem transports water and minerals from the roots
    up the plant stem and into the leaves.
    In a mature flowering plant or tree, most of the cells that
    make up the xylem are specialised cells called vessels.
    Vessels

     Lose their end walls so the xylem forms a


    continuous, hollow tube.
     Become strengthened by a chemical called lignin.
    The cells are no longer alive. Lignin gives strength and
    support to the plant. We call lignified cells wood.
    Transport in the xylem is a physical process. It does not
    require energy.

    Phloem
    The phloem moves food substances that the plant has produced
    by photosynthesis to where they are needed for processes such
    as:

     growing parts of the plant for immediate use


     storage organs such as bulbs and tubers
     developing seeds.
    Transport in the phloem is therefore both up and down the stem.
    Transport of substances in the phloem is called translocation.
    Phloem consists of living cells. 

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