Some plants grow on the floor of a dense forest, where the light intensity is very low. Their leaves have a much larger surface area than the leaves of plants of the same species grown in an open field. Their leaves also have a thinner layer of palisade mesophyll.
Suggest one advantage to a forest floor plant of having leaves with a larger surface area.
Suggest why a thick layer of palisade mesophyll would be of little benefit to a forest floor plant.
38 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 2.3 Plant tissues, organs and systems, covering 2.3.1 Plant tissues and 2.3.2 Plant organ system. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.