Science 1.1 - Leaves: The Food Factory

What is a special leaf that has a special design for a special task?

A modified leaf

What is an example of insect-eating plant that has trigger hairs and a hollow leaves that fill with water?

Bladderwort

What types of leaves do you find on plants that lose leaves in autumn?

Broad, flat leaves

The fleshy bases of leaves that remain underground?

Bulbs

How is the leaf joined to a plant?

By a stem

What is the pigment in a leaf called that makes them green?

Chlorophyll

What are tiny packages of chlorophyll called?

Chloroplasts

What is the name of the food plants need to live?

Glucose

What are simpler chemicals that water is broken down into?

Hydrogen and oxygen

What is glucose?

Hydrogen combined with carbon dioxide

What types of plants eat insects?

Insectivores

What types of leaves would be found growing on the ground beneath your feet and includes grass?

Long, thin leaves

What type of needles to do you find on evergreen trees?

Needlelike

What is the chemical process by which plants produce food?

Photosynthesis

What is a insectivorous plant that has bright colors and honey-like nectar to attact bugs?

Pitcher plant

Why do all life depend on plants?

Plants are the only living thing that can produce its own food.

What are some other things that leaves manufacture?

Proteins and vitamins

What types of leaves would you find on small branches (branchlets) that look like the scales on a fish?

Scaly leaves

What types of edges do leaves have?

Smooth, toothed, or lobed

What are the special leaves on a cactus that have no chlorophyll?

Spines

What are the air holes or pores in leaves through which air enters, also known as little mouths?

Stomata

Which insectivorous plant attracts by the plants glistening bait?

Sundew

What is the waxy covering that coats the skin of a leaf and prevents water from escaping?

The cuticle

What is an example of insectivorous plant that has a hinged jaw that can close?

Venus-flytrap

What are plants that climb upward as they grow by clinging to tall objects such as walls or trees?

Vines

What are the three ingredients a leaf needs to do its work?

Water, air, and light

What is the especially large vein running down the middle of a leaf?

midrib

What are the special leaves that are the "hands" which a vine uses to grasp a structure?

tendril

What is the tiny lines spreading out across a leaf?

veins