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Gas Exchange in Plants and Xerophytic Adaptations
- Be able to describe how a plant is adapted for efficient gas exchange with minimal water loss.
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Plants – a Reminder
Write down the equation for respiration…
Write down the equation for photosynthesis…
Now try and label the cells on your sheet.
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Gas Exchange in Leaves
• Plants, like animals, respire aerobically (all day and all night!).
What gas do they use?What gas do they produce?
• In the light plants also photosynthesise.What gas do they use?What gas do they produce?
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ReminderPhotosynthesis:
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Photosynthesis vs. RespirationPlants need oxygen for respiration all of the time.
Plants need carbon dioxide for photosynthesis during the day.
During the day, the rate of photosynthesis is around 6 times faster than that of respiration. Explain why.
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Photosynthesis vs. RespirationSome of the oxygen produced in photosynthesis is used in respiration.Some of the carbon dioxide produced in respiration is used in photosynthesis.
During the day, plants need much more carbon dioxide than respiration can provide; carbon dioxide diffuses into the leaf through the stomata.
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Key terms…
Dicotyledonous plants – flowering plants which have two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed.
Their leaves have branched veins and their leaves and stems contain vascular bundles of xylem and phloem arranged in circles.
Examples: roses, sunflowers, peas
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Let’s examine a leaf
Use transparent nail varnish to paint a 1cm2 square on the upper and lower surface of a leaf.
When dry, use sellotape to remove the nail varnish and stick each piece of tape to a slide.
Examine under the microscope and draw a diagram for each one, describing any differences you see.
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View of the epidermis of a cactus
StomaGuard cells
Epidermal cells
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Structure of a leaf
Label the diagrams on your sheet.
Try to add the function of each tissue in the leaf.
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Label your own
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The gas exchange surface
• Surfaces of mesophyll cells in contact with air spaces in the leaf.
• Large surface area - cells in contact with air spaces.
• Short diffusion distance - leaf is thin and gases only need to diffuse through one cell membrane and wall.
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Problem!
What substance could be represented by the arrows?
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The problem with plants…
• Losing water by evaporation via the gas exchange surface.
• Water evaporates from the wet cell walls in contact with air spaces in the leaf and it is lost by transpiration.
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FYI: Transpiration
Transpiration – evaporation of water from the leaves.
Transpiration stream – movement of water through the plant.
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Reducing Water Loss
What factors might affect the rate of transpiration?
• Humidity• Temperature• Wind • Stomatal opening/closing
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Stomata
• Carbon dioxide and oxygen diffuse in and out of leaves through small openings called stomata.
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How stomata open and close
• Most stomata are underneath the leaf• A stoma is surrounded by 2 guard cells • Guard cells open and close stomata
– this controls the diffusion of gases and water vapour.
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A side note…
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Guard Cells
• Have chloroplasts• Cell walls are especially rigid.• When cells absorb water it expands and
becomes turgid.• Their rigid inner wall resists expansion and
they become more curved.• When they lose water and become flaccid and
collapse closing the stomata.
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Adaptations for Dry Conditions
Xerophytes are plants that can live in dry conditions without losing too much water.
They are adapted to take up as much water as possible when it is available, and to reduce the loss of water through transpiration.
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Conserving water
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Xerophytes
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Marram Grass
Also:• Rolled
leaves• Hairy• Sunken
stomata
These features trap a layer of humid air near the stomata.
Thick cuticle with no stomata on upper surface – why?
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Cactus• Stem stores water
(succulent)• Spines reduce SA, protect
against predators, trap humid air near stomata
• Long roots spread both deep (to take in water from deep underground) and wide (to take in water from rain before it soaks far into the ground).
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Typical Xerophytic Features
Feature ReasonThick waxy cuticle Reduces evaporation from
epidermisSmall leaves/spines Smaller surface area for
evaporationFew stomata Less transpirationStomata sunk in pits in epidermis
Layer of humid air trapped near stomata to reduce transpiration
Hairs around stomata or over whole leaf surface
Layer of humid air trapped near stomata to reduce transpiration
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Exam practice…
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First one to shout the correct word gets to leave!
• Look at the simplified diagram of a cross section through a leaf
• You’ll then see a picture with something missing see if you can spot what it is.
Leafy Game
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Whole diagram
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• Air Spaces
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• No stomata
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• Waxy Cuticle
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• No palisade mesophyll