MIDRIB-TO SUPPORT THE LEAF AND ALLOW MOVEMENT OF FOOD AND WATER
LATERAL VEIN- SIDE BRANCH OF THE MIDRIB
The food made from photosynthesis is used...
1. To release energyfor cells to be active
2. In the leaves to make new cells
3. Storedin the leaf asstarch
4. Sent through the veinsto parts of the plant that cannot carry out photosynthesis.
if starch is present in the leaf, iodine would change from orange to blue/black
4 factors which affect photosynthesis: 1. Carbon dioxide 2. water 3. light 4. temperature