Stem and Transport in Vascular Plants

Question 1

Stems of some species are modified for _____reproduction

Answer 1

asexual

Question 2

Buds

Answer 2

undeveloped embryonic shoots

Question 3

Terminal bud

Answer 3

located at the tip of a stem

Question 4

Axillary bud (lateral bud)

Answer 4

located in leaf axils

Question 5

During the winter the terminal bud protects.

Answer 5

k

Question 6

Each spring, when the bud resumes growth, bud scale falls off leaving______.

Answer 6

bud scale scars

Question 7

Node

Answer 7

area on stem where leaf is attached

Question 8

internode

Answer 8

region of stem between two nodes

Question 9

Leaf Scar

Answer 9

where each leaf was attached to a stem

Question 10

Bundle Scars

Answer 10

area within a leaf scar where vascular tissue extended from stem to leaf

Question 11

Lenticels

Answer 11

sites of loosely arranged cells that allow oxygen to diffuse into interior of woody stem

Question 12

An inner cylinder of ground tissue(_____) may contain parenchyma for photosynthesis, and collenchyma and sclerenchyma for strength and structural support.

Answer 12

cortex

Question 13

Some stems have a single layer of ____ between xylem and pholeom.

Answer 13

vascular cambium cells

Question 14

In some herbaceous eudicot stems, phloem contains a cluster of fibers toward the outside of the vascular bundle that helps____ the stem

Answer 14

strengthens

Question 15

Pith

Answer 15

ground tissue that functions primarily in storage in the center of the stem

Question 16

Eudicot stems have vascular bundles arranged in a _____.

Answer 16

circle

Question 17

Monocot stems have vascular bundles_____in the ground tissue.

Answer 17

scattered

Question 18

Vascular Cambium

Answer 18

lateral meristem that produces secondary xylem (wood) and secondary phloem (inner bark)

Question 19

Cork Cambium

Answer 19

lateral meristem that produces periderm

Question 20

Cork cells

Answer 20

replaces epidermis in a woody stem

Question 21

Cork Parenchyma

Answer 21

prmarily for storage in a woody stem