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Biology : The Unity and Diversity of Life

Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers; Lisa Starr

Chapter 27

Plant Tissues - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:57

Problem 1

In plants, fibers are a type of _______ cell.
a. parenchyma
b. sclerenchyma
c. collenchyma
d. mesophyll

John Barone
John Barone
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00:29

Problem 2

Parenchyma is a type of _______.
a. ground tissue
b. vascular tissue
c. stem
d. apical meristem

Mishal Gul
Mishal Gul
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00:19

Problem 3

Which of the following cell types remain alive in mature plant tissue?
a. sclerenchyma
b. sieve elements
c. tracheids
d. vessel elements

Eleanor Behling
Eleanor Behling
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01:40

Problem 4

All of the vascular bundles inside a typical ________ are arranged in a ring.
a. monocot stem
b. eudicot stem
c. monocot root
d. eudicot root

Rashmi Sinha
Rashmi Sinha
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00:21

Problem 5

Which of the following is false?
a. Stems have vascular bundles, and roots have vascular cylinders.
b. Lateral roots can arise from nodes on a root.
c. Primary growth (lengthening) can occur at an axillary bud.
d. Apical meristem gives rise to epidermal tissue, ground tissue, and vascular tissue.
e. Wood is xylem that forms during secondary growth.

Mishal Gul
Mishal Gul
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00:13

Problem 6

Epidermis and periderm are _________ tissues.
a. ground
b. vascular
c. dermal

Eleanor Behling
Eleanor Behling
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00:16

Problem 7

A vascular bundle in a leaf is called _________.
a. a vascular cylinder
b. mesophyll
c. a vein
d. vascular cambium

Eleanor Behling
Eleanor Behling
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02:38

Problem 8

Typically, vascular tissue is organized as ___________ in stems and as ______________ in roots.
a. multiple vascular bundles; one vascular cylinder
b. one vascular bundle; multiple vascular cylinders
c. one vascular cylinder; multiple vascular bundles
d. multiple vascular cylinders; one vascular bundle

John Barone
John Barone
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00:11

Problem 9

Is an onion a root or a stem?

Eleanor Behling
Eleanor Behling
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02:51

Problem 10

In a(n) ___________, the primary root is typically the largest.
a. lateral meristem
b. adventitious root system
c. fibrous root system
d. taproot system

John Barone
John Barone
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00:22

Problem 11

Root hairs ____________.
a. conduct water from cortex to aboveground shoots
b. increase the root’s surface area for absorption
c. anchor the plant in soil

Mishal Gul
Mishal Gul
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02:32

Problem 12

Roots and shoots lengthen through activity at _______________.
a. apical meristems
b. lateral meristems
c. vascular cambium
d. cork cambium

Dennis Howard
Dennis Howard
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01:41

Problem 13

The activity of lateral meristems _______________ older roots and stems.
a. lengthens
b. thickens
c. both a and b

John Barone
John Barone
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00:43

Problem 14

Tree rings occur ___________.
a. when there are droughts during the time the rings form
b. where environmental conditions influence xylem cell size
c. if heartwood alternates with sapwood
d. as epidermis replaces periderm

Eleanor Behling
Eleanor Behling
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03:09

Problem 15

Match the plant parts with the best description.
___vascular cambium
___mesophyll
___wood
___cortex
___stoma
___potato
___cotyledon

a. ground tissue in roots and stems
b. stem structure
c. a lateral meristem
d. photosynthetic parenchyma
e. secondary xylem
f. between epidermal cells
g. only one in monocot seeds

Shazia Naz
Shazia Naz
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