31.2: Activity: How plants regulate water loss, Discover Biology 3rd Edition, W.W. Norton Company, "Use this interactive simulation to explore how light, water availability, and the internal ca

31.4: Activity: Leaf structure, Discover Biology 3rd Edition, W.W. Norton Company, Interactive labeling exercise.

Anatomy of a Leaf, Use These Leaf Parts to Identify a Tree By Steve Nix Thursday September 10, 2009 About.com Guide to Forestry A tree's leaf is a major botanical tree part that helps in keying

Botany: Plant Parts and Function - Buds Arizona Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture The University of Arizona A bud is an undeveloped shoot from which embryonic leaves or flower parts

Botany: Plant Parts and Function - Leaves Arizona Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture The University of Arizona The principal function of leaves is to absorb sunlight for the manufactur

Buzzing bees protect plant leaves By Susan Milius January 17th, 2009; Vol.175 #2 (p. 14) ScienceNews.org Pest caterpillars don't eat as much if distracting pollinators zoom by Traffic nois

Exploring Photosynthesis in a Leaf By David E. Watson FTexploring.com The Busy Leaf A beautiful green summer leaf (I drew it myself with only two colored pencils). Warm summer days. The sun i

Finding Stomata, By Paul Andersen, Bozeman Science, Video length: 04:29. Paul Andersen shows you how to find stomata in a dicot and monocot leaf using finger nail polish and transparent tape

Galls By Jim Conrad BackyardNature.net An interesting story, with many photos, on the history of galls, the formation of a tumor-like growth that is the result of certain insects laying eggs or

How Plants Breathe The Open Door Project Plants do breathe - they give out carbon dioxide and absorb oxygen from the air that surrounds them. Their tissues respire just as animal tissues do. Pla

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Leaf Wikipedia.org In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin, to expose the cells containing

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Leaf Shapes and Arrangements Seed Site Plants have leaves in many different shapes - the thicker the book you refer to, the more leaf shapes they seem to find, but here are some of the basic one

Leaf Tissue Organization by Michael W. Davidson Florida State University Leaf Tissue Organization The plant body is divided into several organs: roots, stems, and leaves. The leaves are the p

Leaf Veins Backyardnature.com At the right you see what I saw when I nonchalantly walked by a Black Oak tree near my home one January morning, held the leaf up against the sun, and looked at it

Leaves Keslick & Son Modern Arboriculture Tree Dictionary Excellent article on leaves and their function. Be sure and check out the links to other leaf pages they have for more photos.

Leaves Author: Barbara Liang Wisc-Online Learners read a general description of the function and structure of leaves and examine drawings and microscopic views. A matching exercise completes t

Leaves and Leaf Anatomy Enchantedlearning.com Leaves and Leaf Anatomy Leaf Function: Leaves are the powerhouse of plants. In most plants, leaves are the major site of food production for the

Leaves That Look Like Abstract Maps, Written by Simone Preuss, Scribol Staff, "What would the world be without a bit of imagination? Maybe more straightforward but certainly less magical. That's

Leaves: Specialized Organs, CliffNotes.com, All-text page explaining how leaves have changed as plants have become larger and taller. Use the menu on the left for more leaf information.

Maple Leaf On-Line Jigsaw Puzzle Kidzone This puzzle has 20 pieces in classic puzzle piece shapes. However, it can be adapted from 6 to 247 pieces with a variety of types of puzzle pieces. To d

Molecular Expressions Cell Biology: Plant Cell Structure: Leaf Tissue Organization by Michael W. Davidson and The Florida State University The plant body is divided into several organs: roots, s

Of Spines, Thorns, and Things that Poke in the Night By Ron Harton Naturewriting.com Spines on the other hand are modified leaves. They are formed of different material from the stems out of wh

Parts of Typical Leaf Kids Research Express Discusses plant layers, guard cells, water pores, veins, and more.

Structure of a Leaf The Visual Dictionary Labeled illustrations.

Why do Leaves Fall in the Fall? Backyardnature.net For those of us living where winters are severe, it's obvious that trees must lose their leaves during the fall, else those leaves will freeze