Question

Given below is a diagrammatic sketch (surface view) of a stomatal apparatus from a dicot leaf.

(a) Label the parts numbered 1-3.

(b) Is this state, open or closed?

(c) Is this stoma, of a dicot leaf or a monocot leaf?

(d) Redraw a sketch of the stomatal apparatus in the state opposite to the one shown here.

Answer 1

(a) 1 - Guard Cell
2 - Inner wall of the Guard Cell
3 - Stoma/Stomatal Aperture
(b) Open state
(c) The structure