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9: Leaf Anatomy

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Learning Objectives

Content Objectives

  • Learn the organization of tissues within the leaf
  • Understand how the organization of these tissues changes in adaptation in different environmental conditions
  • Explain how the relationship between surface area and volume relates to water retention in plant tissues
  • Describe the steps in the process of science

Skill Objectives

  • Identify tissues and structures within a variety of leaves
  • Identify whether a leaf is mesophytic, xerophytic, or hydrophytic based on leaf anatomy
  • Predict the drought tolerance of a leaf using anatomical and morphological features
  • Use the process of science to ask and answer scientific questions
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret data

Contributors and Attributions


This page titled 9: Leaf Anatomy is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Maria Morrow (ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative) .

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