Plant Lab Assignment
RiverFlowsInYou
PlantLab-Leaves_Spr_2020_online.pptxPlant Lab - Leaves
BIOL 10
College of Alameda
Instructor:Wedaman
Leaves
Maple leaf, chloroplasts (cross-section)
This is what it would look like when viewed in the compound microscope. The chloroplasts will appear as stained red.
Remember that the majority of photosynthesis takes place in the mesophyll cells. The very outer layer both top and bottom are epidermal cells. The center cells are various types of mesophyll cells (and this is where most of the chloroplasts are.)
Nerium (Oleander) leaf with stomata
This is a cross-section of a leaf, so the stoma (“mouth” opening) is appearing on the bottom
Leaf stomata – from the lab exercise we did with the leaf, nail polish, tape, and microscope slide…..
Stomata = little mouths
on the surface of the
underside of the leaf
