Plant Cell Organisation

Question 1

Epidermal tissue

Answer 1

Covers whole plant

Covered with a waxy cuticle, which helps to reduce water loss by evaporation

Upper epidermis is transparent so light can pass through it to the palisade layer

Question 2

Palisade mesophyll tissue

Answer 2

Part of leaf where most photosynthesis happens

Question 3

Spongy mesophyll tissue

Answer 3

Contains big air spaces to allow gases to diffuse in and out of cells

Question 4

Xylem and phloem

Answer 4

Transport things like water, mineral ions and food around plant

Question 5

Meristem tissue

Answer 5

Found at growing tips of shoots and roots and able to differentiate into lots of different types of plant cell, allowing plant to grow

Question 6

Order of plant cell tissues from top to bottom

Answer 6

Epidermal

Palisade mesophyll

Spongy mesophyll

Epidermal