Cork cambium and vascular cambium are
(a) parts of secondary xylem and phloem
(b) parts of pericycle
(c) lateral meristem
(d) apical meristem.
Cork cambium and vascular cambium are
(a) parts of secondary xylem and phloem
(b) parts of pericycle
(c) lateral meristem
(d) apical meristem.
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1. What protects the leaf against desiccation and stress from other environmental factors? Select one: a. Stomata b. Mesophyll c. Epidermis d. Cuticle
2. Match the monocot stem terms to their definitions.
a) support the stem structurally and are dead fibrous cells that have thick walls | Answer choices: Parenchyma Phloem Sclerenchyma Xylem | ||||||||
b) transport water and nutrients up from the roots | |||||||||
c) characterized by large vacuoles, which store nutrients and food. | |||||||||
d) transport sugar formed in the leaves by photosynthesis to the rest of the plant to be used as food. 3. Match the eudicot stem terms to their definitions.
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4. Suppose you chop down a plant in the woods and bring it home to examine. You cut a cross section of the stem and you note that it has pith in the center. How would you classify this plant?
5. You encounter a shrubby-looking plant that you cannot tell if it has true wood or not. Upon cutting it open cross-sectionally, you note a layer of cork cambium. What does this tell you?
a. | The apoplastic diffusion of water that turns on specificdevelopmental genes | |
b. | Forming a rootcap to protect the apical meristem as it pushesthrough the soil | |
c. | Sensing gradients of at least two molecules such as mRNA &/orproteins | |
d. | Over-expressing Knotted-1 near the apical meristem |