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Changing Planet: Withering Plants - Stressing Over Lost Water
Expectant earth scientists examine the bottom side of a leaf and learn the role of the stomata. They consider the gas exchange that occurs through these structures and relate how the climate is changing to its impact on food crops. This...
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Stomata
Students explore what the stoma does for a plant. In this botany lesson students complete a stomatal peel experiment and measure its densities.
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Freshmen Biology Terms
In this biology worksheet, 9th graders identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to ninth grade biology. There are 48 biology terms located in the word search.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Botany: Stomata
Article discussing the structure, function, and efficiency of stomata, the apertures on plants' leaves that regulate gas and water vapor exchange during photosynthesis. (Published: August 3, 2010)
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Colostomy
This is basic information on the colostomy procedure, through which an opening on the abdomen, called a stoma, is created "For the drainage of stool from the large intestine." Learn why this procedure is performed and what patients...