C - Plant Tissues

Question 1

Types of Ground Tissues:
-cells are dead at maturity

-evenly thickened cell walls

-cell walls contain lignin

-function: strengthening and support

Answer 1

Sclerenchyma

Question 2

-transport of food, water, and minerals

-vascular tissue

Answer 2

Complex Permanent Tissue

Question 3

Two types of Sclerenchyma:
___ - strengthen seed coats and are responsible for gritty-textures flesh of some fruit

___ - components of making rope and flax fibers

Answer 3

Sclereids, Fibers

Question 3

-cells where nutrients, sucrose, and organic compounds are transported

-lacks nucleus and ribosomes

-has sieve plates between their end walls

Answer 3

Sieve Tubes

Question 4

Two types of Xylem:
___ - thin elongated cells where water passes through

___ - thin walled cells, has perforated plates that allow transfer of water through the vessel

Answer 4

Tracheid, Xylem Vessel

Question 4

Types of Complex Permanent Tissue:
-cells are dead and hollow at maturity

-forms long hollow tubes

-walls are strengthened with lignin

-function: transport water and minerals from roots to stem and leaves

Answer 4

Xylem

Question 5

Types of Complex Permanent Tissue:
-made of living cells

-food conducting vascular tissue since it distributes sucrose and other inorganic compounds throughout the plant’s body

-composed of sieve tubes consisting of sieve tube elements

Answer 5

Phloem

Question 6

-contains pores that regulate the flow of nutrients from one cell to another

-also contains companion cells

Answer 6

Sieve Plates