Leaf Review

1.          Which of the following do guard cells and palisade mesophyll cells have in common?

2.         Leaf veins are located in which of the following?

3.         When an abscission layer forms at the base of a leaf petiole in the fall, which of the following tissues is the first to become blocked?

4.Which of the following leaf pigments is/are red if the cell sap is slightly acid and blue if the cell sap is slightly alkaline?

5.         Which of the following is NOT a specialized leaf?

6.         A bundle sheath is a jacket of fibers surrounding

7.         The epidermis of leaves normally is coated with

8.         Bracts are

9.         With which of the following specialized leaves are ants commonly associated?

 10.       A leaf arrangement in which there are three or more leaves at a node is called

 11.       Which of the following is primarily responsible for forcing water out of hydathodes? 

 12.       In a leaf such as cotton, the average number of stomates per square centimeter is approximately

13.        The osmotic response of guard cells is governed by ______ levels in the guard cells.

 15.       The venation that forks repeatedly in leaves is termed

 16.       The plant part that facilitates a leaf blade being oriented at right angles to the sun is a/an

 17.       Another name for mesophyll cells is

 18.       Which of the following is a function of a stoma?

 19.       The jacket of cells surrounding a leaf vein is usually termed a/an

 20.      The large cells of certain grass leaves that permit the leaves to roll up under dry conditions are

21.        In most leaves the number of stomata per square centimeter of surface is

 22.      All leaves originate as

 23.      Which of the following is known to be modified as a tendril?

 24       Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of a shade leaf (as opposed to a leaf of the same plant that is fully exposed to the sun)?

25.       In spines most of the normal leaf tissue is replaced with

 26.      The leaves that form a haven for ant nests are called

 27.      Which of the following insect-trapping leaves do NOT have active traps?

 28.      The leaf pigments mostly responsible for gold to orange leaf colors in the fall are

 29.      Which leaf cells often resemble jigsaw puzzle pieces when viewed from the top?

 30.      In the abscission zone of the leaf, which of the following is closest to the stem?

 31.       Which of the following may cause pectins in the middle lamella of cells of the separation layer to break down in the fall?

32.       Which of the following drugs is NOT obtained from leaves?

 33.      Which of the following beverages is manufactured or brewed from leaves?

34.       Leaflets attached to the end of the petiole would be characteristic of a

 35.      A leaf that lacks a petiole is termed   

 36.      A leaf that is covered with epidermal hairs is

37.       The size and shape of a leaf is controlled by

38.       Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are

39.       Because of the greater light intensity and heat absorption on the upper surface of the leaf, the upper surface has

40.       The spongy mesophyll is so named because it

41.        Chlorenchyma would be found as part of the

42.       Sugars produced in photosynthesis are “loaded” into the ______ of the leaf.

43.       Modified leaves are used by insectivorous plants to trap insects.  One such plant that has movable modified leaves is

44.       A conspicuous organelle at the light microscope level in cells of the palisade mesophyll would be

45.       Stomata are part of this tissue.