The main function of a leaf is to produce food for the plant by photosynthesis. Chlorophyll, the substance that gives plants their characteristic green colour, absorbs light energy.

Transpiration is the evaporation of water at the surfaces of the spongy mesophyll cells in leaves, followed by loss of water vapour through the stomata . Transpiration in the leaf. Water moves through the xylem vessels in a continuous transpiration stream: root → stem → leaf.

The process by which leaves of green plants prepare their own food is called photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, plants which contain the green pigment chlorophyll produce food in the form of carbohydrates by using carbon dioxide, water and light energy. Oxygen gas is released into the atmosphere.

The leaves contain a pigment called chlorophyll, which colors the leaves green. Chlorophyll can make food the plant can use from carbon dioxide, water, nutrients, and energy from sunlight. This process is called photosynthesis.

Explain to the class: Plants make their own food and leaves are the food-making machines (autotrophs) during the process of photosynthesis. They are able to turn water, carbon dioxide and sunlight into a nutritious substance called glucose, which in turn provides sustenance for plants and trees.

Epidermal cells and cuticle of a plant leaf are similar to the skin of human beings.

Leaves can be used as a mulch in vegetable gardens, flower beds and around shrubs and trees. As an option to raking, a lawn mower with a bagging attachment provides a fast and easy way to shred and collect the leaves.

• leave produces food for plant.
• leaves produces food for us.
• leaves also help in trapping sunlight.
• leaves also help in transpiration.
• leaves also help in exchange of gases.hope it helps.

The three uses of leaves are for recreational, cooking and medicinal use. Explanation: The leaves of the tree are a storehouse of food and organic matter.

Leaves are the primary way plants interact with the atmosphere and take care of their basic needs. Food: Plants don’t eat food (heterotrophic)—they make it (autotrophic) by taking atmospheric CO2, water from the soil, and energy from light to make simple sugars in a process called photosynthesis.

Leaves are great for many things. They provide shade when the days get hot, they create protection for creatures that reside in the tree’s branches. They turn sunlight into starches and sugars, which is food for the tree. This process is called photosynthesis.

There are two different types of leaves – simples leaves and compound leaves. The other types of leaves include acicular, linear, lanceolate, orbicular, elliptical, oblique, centric cordate, etc.

A single leaf that can not be divided into any smaller unit or leaflet is called a simple leaf. This type of leaf joins the stem through petiole without further subdivision in them. True leaves are directly connected to the tree-bud. Example: Pear, Maple, Hibiscus, Mango, Guava, Oregano, Black oak, etc.

Lamina or Leaf blade- Is the green flat and broad part of the leaf. It is the expanded portion or blade of a leaf which is well adapted to absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. 2.

Leaves are broad and flat so that they can absorb large amounts of light energy from the sun. more the surface area exposed to sun light more will be the rate of photosynthesis.

Leaves that are broad and flat are better equipped for photosynthesis. They have more surface area through which they can absorb sunlight.

The leaves are thin and flat so that they can be more exposed towards sunlight for absorption of light and carbon dioxide. This results in increased photosynthesis. The veins also provides larger surface area to distribute the pressure applied on leaves thereby helps in locating nutrients to tissues during an injury.

Long leaves help with temperature regulation and are good for hot conditions, thin leaves help prevent water loss and are good for dry conditions, and large, broad leaves which can harvest lots of light are good for life in gloomy conditions, such as the rainforest understory. The shape of leaves can also change.

Lack of moisture – Papery leaves on plants are often caused by leaf scorch. Excessive moisture – Leaf scorch can also be attributed to too much moisture. This occurs when the soil is so wet that the roots are deprived of oxygen. As the roots smother, the leaves turn dry and papery and the plant eventually dies.

lotus plant

1 : having broad leaves specifically : having leaves that are not needles. 2 : composed of broad-leaved plants broad-leaved forests.