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