ADAPTIONS

• WHAT ARE THE MAIN ADAPTIONS OF A LEAF FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

  • large SA
  • minimal leaf overlapping
  • thin
  • transparent cuticle and epidermis
  • mesophyll cells packed with chloroplasts
  • numerous stomata
  • stomata open and close
  • air spaces in spongy mesophyll
  • xylem/ phloem network