Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Structure of transport tissues

Structure of transport tissues — practice question

A plant called a mesophyte is adapted to live where water stress is usually absent because water is not normally scarce.
(a)[2]

Fig. 5.1 shows a cross section through the leaf of a herbaceous dicotyledonous mesophyte. Complete Fig. 5.1 by naming structure A and tissue layer B.

(b)[3]

In xerophytes, some of the structural features shown in Fig. 5.1 are altered as adaptations that help them survive water-stress conditions. Complete Table 5.1 to show how the listed structural feature could be modified in a xerophyte leaf. Each feature should be given a different example of modification.

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