It varies. A green maple leaf can feel soft and smooth, whereas an orange or red autumn maple leaf can feel rough and crunchy (when it breaks in your hand). Conversely, a pine needle (which is also a leaf!) can feel prickly. And so on and so forth.
a leaf feels a little scaley ,almost like a snake but it can be very smooth as-well
A leaf feels ruff and soomth and thick
Waxy!
the underside of the leaf loses water much faster
the waxy material in the leaf is called "CUTIN"
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The stomata on the underside of the leaf regulate transpiration. The leaf surface area helps to estimate the number of stomata, which could speed up or slow the rate of transpiration.
There are about 92 stomatas on upper surface and 39 stomatas on the lower surface. In a dorsiventral leaf number of stomata is more on the lower surface hence the above answer may please be verified
because the leaf is non polar or Because the leaf is coated in lipid molecules
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why is the food-making tissue at the leaf surface why
Leaf has a flat surface inorder to absorb maximun sunlight
The surface of the leaf that you see is the "epidermis".
the underside of the leaf loses water much faster
Yes a leaf can not have a waxy surface if it is so adapted. The waxy surface is designed to keep water off, and inside of the leaf. Leaves in the rain forest often have a waxy surface to keep from being constantly saturated in water.
To minimize the rate of transpiration from leaf surface
In most cases it is at the underside of the leaf, as it does not want sunlight to dry it up.
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because our beaches have sand and the moon feels sandy, and sand DEFINITELY feels sandy!