PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION LAB
Page 584 may also be helpful.
I.
Roots: Neatly draw and label a monocot and dicot root cross-section. Use page 585
in the book. Label: xylem, phloem, epidermis and parenchyma.
MONOCOT ROOT
DICOT ROOT
II. Types of roots: Draw a tape root and give an example and draw a fiberous root and
give an example.
TAPROOT
FIBEROUS ROOT
III. Leaf: Draw each type of leaf.
SIMPLE LEAF
PALMATELY COMPOUND
PINNATELY COMPOUND
IV. Stomata and Guard Cells: Neatly sketch and label stomata and its guard cells in a
leaf. Use page 596-pick one picture to draw. Label: stoma, guard cell,
epidermal cells and chloroplast.
1-Where does photosynthesis occur in the leaf?
2-What is transpiration?
3-What are stomata?
4-What gases are exchanged through the stomata?
V. Stems: Neatly draw and label an herbaceous monocot and dicot stem. Use:
epidermis, xylem, phloem, and vascular bundles. Use page 589. Do not draw
woody stems.
MONOCOT STEM
VI. Monocot vs. Dicot Chart
Venation
DICOT STEM
Arrangement
of vascular
bundles
# of Flower
parts
Monocot
Dicot
VII. Flowers: (Pg. 612) Neatly draw and label a flower. Label: pistil, stigma, style,
ovary,
stamen, anther, filament, sepals and petals.
VIII. Plant Cell: Neatly draw and label a plant cell. Label: mitochondria, nucleus,
cytoplasm, ER, chloroplast, ribosomes, golgi apparatus, cell wall, cell membrane,
vacuoles, and nucleolus.
PLANT COLLECTION
Tape the following types of plant parts. Lay them flat after collection and before
taping in your collection.
MONOCOT LEAF
DICOT LEAF
Pinnately, palmately cmpd or simple leaf
Pinnately, palmately cmpd or simple leaf
MONOCOT LEAF
DICOT LEAF
Pinnately, palmately cmpd or simple leaf
Pinnately, palmately cmpd or simple leaf
EVERGREEN LEAF
DECIDUOUS LEAF
HERBACEOUS STEM
FLOWER-monocot/dicot?
WOODY STEM