Question

Plants that live on the floor of forests tend to have much larger leaves than plants than live in hot, sunny conditions. Offer an explanation for this in which you refer to specific parts of the internal structure of a leaf.

Answer 1

Answer:The leaf is the main lateral organ of the green plant that is responsible for photosynthesis.in plants that resides in forest floors,they rarely get sunlight as they are under the canopy of the taller trees,their leafs have broad flattened blade to ensure a large surface area of chloroplast in order to capture any light that may pass through the canopy .they also possesses thin lamina

plants that grow in hot and dried environment have to conserve and store water,their leaves are thin and thick and possesses parenchymatous cells that helps to store water in large vacuoles.

The epidermis is impregnated with cutin ,the stomata are present on the lower epidermis.they usually keep their stomata closed during the day to prevent water loss