Leaf structure

1 State that most leaves have a large surface area and are thin, and explain how these features are adaptations for photosynthesis

2 Identify in diagrams and images the following structures in the leaf of a dicotyledonous plant: chloroplasts, cuticle, guard cells and stomata, upper and lower epidermis, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, air spaces, vascular bundles, xylem and phloem

3 Explain how the structures listed in 6.2.2 adapt leaves for photosynthesis