Modified                  Stems and Leaves                           Name _________________

 

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

 

p. 35

 

1.     Why do stems support leaves?

 

 

p. 36

 

2.  Why are leaves called “energy factories?”

 

 

 

3.   What is photosynthesis?

 

 

 

 

p. 37

 

4.   What is the job of guard cells?

 

 

 

 

p. 39

 

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

    

 

 

      6.   Explain how it can be said that humans live on energy from the sun.