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Stems and Leaves

Directions:  Read pages 35-39 in the DOL Resources book and write complete sentence answers on this sheet.

 

 

 

1.     Why do stems support leaves?

 

 

 

 

2.     How is the paloverde tree adapted to life in the desert?

 

 

 

 

3.     Why are leaves called “energy factories?”

 

 

 

 

4.     Explain what photosynthesis is and tell why it is important. 

 

 

 

 

 

5.     Where do plants store extra sugar?

 

 

 

 

6.     What is the job of guard cells?

 

 

 

 

 

7.     Why are “pits” important adaptations on some plants?

 

 

 

 

 

8.     What is remarkable about the Fenestraria plant of South Africa?

    

 

 

 

 

      9.  Explain how it can be true when we say that humans live on energy from the sun.