Transcript Inside of a Leaf - Brookville Local Schools

Inside of a Leaf
Epidermis
The epidermis protects
the leaf on the TOP and
BOTTOM.
Think about your body without skin. That would
be like the leaf without its epidermis.
Vein
~take water to the
leaf.
~give food and
water to the
stems and roots.
FOOD
and
WATER
WATER
to leaf
to stem
and
roots
Pause and think. . .
 If the veins of the leaf give FOOD and
WATER to the stem and roots, what
would happen to a plant with no leaves?
Stomata
are tiny
openings in
the leaf.
They let
water and
gases in
and out of
the leaf.
Stomata
Chloroplasts
cells inside of
the leaf
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll gives plants their green color.
Chlorophyll is inside of chloroplasts.
Do you know where the labels go?
epidermis
vein
stomata
chloroplast
chlorophyll