Identifying Plant Tissues Flashcards
A group of cells organized into a structural unit and functional unit is a
Tissue
What is not a type of epidermal cell?
Collenchyma cell
Which of the following tissues has sugar conduction as a primary function?
Phloem
In Woody eudicots the periderm replaces the
Epidermis
The plant tissue that moves water and dissolves minerals in a generally upward direction is the
Xylem
A cell that provides flexible support in green stems is a
Collenchyma cell
A cell type that has thin primary walls, a large vacuole and is living at maturity is a
Parenchyma cell
Which of the following is a meristematic tissue?
Corkcambium
Increase in girth of a tree is due to the activity of
Lateral secondary meristems
Plants cells that are usually alive at maturity include all of the following except
Vessel elements
The four primary tissues of vascular plants are
Dermal, meristematic, ground and vascular
The three organs of vascular plants are
Roots stems and leaves
Explain how the epidermis enables a plant to do each of the following
The epidermis waxy skin keeps water from getting out stomates are on the epidermis and assist with the co2 needed for photosynthesis
The layer of soil bound by the Mucinex and roothairs and containing microorganism and sloughed off cells of the root cap is called
Rhizosphere
The casparian strip is a band of wax around the cells of the
Endodermis