Across
- 2. conducting water and dissolved minerals (inorganic nutrients), is usually located on the upper side of a vein
- 5. cells secrete a waxy layer, the cuticle
- 7. mesophyll when the cells are more loosely and more irregularly arranged
- 10. air spaces account for as much as 70 percent of the leaf’s volume
- 11. of some plants help reduce water loss from the leaf surface by retaining a layer of moist air next to the leaf
- 12. epidermis covers the upper surface
Down
- 1. venation is characteristic of monocot leaves
- 3. comes from Greek and means “the middle of the leaf”
- 4. or vascular bundles, of a leaf extend through the mesophyll
- 6. mesophyll is the main site of photosynthesis in the leaf
- 8. cells are usually the only epidermal cells with chloroplasts
- 9. is flanked by two specialized epidermal guard cells