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Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to

1. Define key terms: carbohydrate, meristematic tissue (meristem), cotyledon, chloroplast, photopigment, blade, petiole, mesophyll, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, stoma, guard cell, aerenchyma, aerenchyma, psychotropic.
2. Know the basic needs of plants
3. Know what Vascular plants are, examples and be able to describe their features
4. Know the basic function and structure of leaves
5. Know basic structure of the cross section of dicot leaf (diagram) and be able to explain what each does. E.g. guard cell, stoma, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, veins/vessels, cuticle, epidermis
6. Know some examples of leaf specializations
7. Give some examples of human uses of leaves