Roots

Question 1

Taproot

Answer 1

One main root, usually for storage

Question 2

Fibrous

Answer 2

Many small roots instead of one

Question 3

Adventitious

Answer 3

Roots developing from unusual places

Question 4

Area of maturation

Answer 4

Root hairs as extensions of cell walls of epidermis, for absorption of water and minerals

Question 5

Area of elongation

Answer 5

Root tip pushed downward by elongation by cells behind it

Question 6

Area of cell division

Answer 6

Dividing cells of the roots apical meristem

Question 7

Root cap

Answer 7

Thick cells protecting delicate cells above and behind it also means of detecting gravity

Question 8

Root growth is a continuous process how ?

Answer 8

1 area replaces another ans only the tip grows downward

Question 9

In cross section a root appears as 3 concentric rings

Answer 9

1. Epidermis
2. Cortex
3. Stele or vascular cylinder

Question 10

Epidermis

Answer 10

Thin cuticle, mucilaginous sheath

Question 11

Cortex

Answer 11

Storage parenchyma, air spaces

Question 12

Stele or vascular cylinder

Answer 12

Xylem ridges, phloem in btw, pericycle for lateral / branch roots

Question 13

Endodermis

Answer 13

Innermost sub cylinder of the cortex ( cells with impervious hands, casparian strips of suberin which forces water and its contents to pass through the cell membrane by entering the stele