Exam 34: The Plant Body

Suppose you are studying tropical plants in a Costa Rican cloud forest and find a tree that is a eudicot in the forest ecosystem. This plant most likely has a(n) _______ system.

Which of the following represents the developmental sequence of an individual root cell?

Which of the following best describes the origin of wood?

Tracheids, vessel elements, and sclereids are similar in that they all

The _______ is the centermost tissue in a nonwoody eudicot stem.

Differentiate between apical and lateral meristems. Do all plants have apical meristems? Do all plants have lateral meristems?

Conducting cells called _______ elements are the part of xylem in which water and minerals are transported.

The widening of a tree trunk is mostly due to the activity of its

Unlike tracheids, vessel elements

Vascular bundles are composed of _______ and _______.

A root or stem increases in diameter when

Just inside the epidermis of the root is a region of unspecialized cells called the _______.

Which statement about meristems is not true?

Lateral roots arise from the

The vascular tissue system of plants has the same function as the _______ system in animals.

A leaf of a eudicot, such as a maple tree,

Which of the following plant cells function when the cells are dead?

Use the following to answer questions Match one of the cell types from the list below with each description that follows. -Cells that function when dead

Look at the leaf in Figure 34.15 in the textbook. Which surface of that leaf faces the sun? How do you know? Why are the stomata opposite the palisade layer?

The root cap