Plants and Tissues Pt 1

Question 1

What do plant cells consist of?

Answer 1

cell wall surrounding membrane, large vacuole, and chloroplast

Question 2

What are the three types of plant cells?

Answer 2

parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma

Question 3

What are parenchyma cells?

Answer 3

cube/elongated shaped, large vacuole, thing cell wall, some have many chloroplasts

Question 4

What are parenchyma cells involved in?

Answer 4

storage, photosynthesis, gas exchange, protection, tissue repair and replacement

Question 5

What are collenchyma cells?

Answer 5

thicker than parenchyma, think but weird shaped cell wall

Question 6

What are collenchyma cells involved in?

Answer 6

support for tissues, provides flexibility for plants, tissue repair

Question 7

Where are collenchyma cells found?

Answer 7

great amount in celery stalks

Question 8

What are sclerenchyma cells and where can they be found?

Answer 8

think rigid cell wall, often die at maturity, found in nut shells.

Question 9

What are sclerenchyma cells involved in?

Answer 9

support for frame, transport of materials

Question 10

What are the 4 different tissue types?

Answer 10

meristematic, dermal tissue, vascular, ground tissue

Question 11

What is meristematic tissue?

Answer 11

plant growth is focused in meristems (regions of rapid cell division)

Question 12

What are the different types of meristems?

Answer 12

apical meristems, intercalary, lateral