Cambridge IGCSE Biology
6.2Leaf structure
Leaf structure in Cambridge IGCSE Biology: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 6.2.1Explain how the large surface area and thinness of most leaves are adaptations for photosynthesis.
- 6.2.2Identify the structures of a dicotyledonous leaf (chloroplasts, cuticle, guard cells and stomata, upper and lower epidermis, palisade and spongy mesophyll, air spaces, vascular bundles, xylem, phloem) and explain how each adapts the leaf for photosynthesis.
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Leaf structure and adaptations for photosynthesis
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