Botany- Leaves questions with verified answers
Bipinnately compound Ans✓✓✓More but Smaller leaves than
pinnately
bladderworts Ans✓✓✓submerged or floating in shallow water
tiny bladders on leaves have trap doors that trap insects inside bladders
Bulliform cells (monocot leaves) Ans✓✓✓Large, thin walled cells on
either side of mid-vein
Compared to sun leaves, shade leaves... Ans✓✓✓-Tend to be larger
-Tend to be thinner
-Have fewer well-defined mesophyll layers and fewer chloroplasts
-Have fewer hairs
Fleshy leaves (onions, lily) Ans✓✓✓store carbohydrates
Floral leaves (dogwood) Ans✓✓✓at bases of flowers or flower stalks
Insect-trapping leaves... Ans✓✓✓grow in swampy areas and bogs
trap and digest insects
Leaf Venation Ans✓✓✓Arrangement of veins in a laef or leaflet blade
, Leaves of aquatic areas... Ans✓✓✓Less xylem and phloem
mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and spongy layers
large air spaces
Leaves of arid regions Ans✓✓✓adapted to dry climates
leaves reduce loss of water by:
-Thick, leathery leaves
-Fewer stomata or sunken stomata
-Succulent, water-retaining leaves, or no leaves
-Dense, hairy coverings
Major veins Ans✓✓✓associated with midribs
(transport of CHOs out of leaf)
Minor veins Ans✓✓✓embedded in mesophyll
(collection of CHOs)
Monocot leaves Ans✓✓✓Collapse under dry conditions (wilt)
causes leaf to fold or roll inward
Monocot leaves Ans✓✓✓Parallel veins
Stomata on both surfaces
Bipinnately compound Ans✓✓✓More but Smaller leaves than
pinnately
bladderworts Ans✓✓✓submerged or floating in shallow water
tiny bladders on leaves have trap doors that trap insects inside bladders
Bulliform cells (monocot leaves) Ans✓✓✓Large, thin walled cells on
either side of mid-vein
Compared to sun leaves, shade leaves... Ans✓✓✓-Tend to be larger
-Tend to be thinner
-Have fewer well-defined mesophyll layers and fewer chloroplasts
-Have fewer hairs
Fleshy leaves (onions, lily) Ans✓✓✓store carbohydrates
Floral leaves (dogwood) Ans✓✓✓at bases of flowers or flower stalks
Insect-trapping leaves... Ans✓✓✓grow in swampy areas and bogs
trap and digest insects
Leaf Venation Ans✓✓✓Arrangement of veins in a laef or leaflet blade
, Leaves of aquatic areas... Ans✓✓✓Less xylem and phloem
mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and spongy layers
large air spaces
Leaves of arid regions Ans✓✓✓adapted to dry climates
leaves reduce loss of water by:
-Thick, leathery leaves
-Fewer stomata or sunken stomata
-Succulent, water-retaining leaves, or no leaves
-Dense, hairy coverings
Major veins Ans✓✓✓associated with midribs
(transport of CHOs out of leaf)
Minor veins Ans✓✓✓embedded in mesophyll
(collection of CHOs)
Monocot leaves Ans✓✓✓Collapse under dry conditions (wilt)
causes leaf to fold or roll inward
Monocot leaves Ans✓✓✓Parallel veins
Stomata on both surfaces
