The Basic Tissues

Question 1

What are the 4 basic animal tissues?

Answer 1

Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
Muscular tissue
Nervous tissue

Question 2

What are the 4 basic plant tissues?

Answer 2

Dermal tissue
Ground tissue
Meristematic tissue
Vascular tissue

Question 3

What is the function of the dermal tissue?

Answer 3

It is the area of microorganism interaction.

The cuticle acts as a transpiration barrier.

Question 4

What are the 3 ground tissue types?

Answer 4

Collenchyma
Parenchyma
Sclerenchyma

Question 5

What are the features of the collenchyma?

Answer 5

Thickened cell walls.
Found beneath the epidermis of the stem and leaves.
Acts as a flexible support system.

Question 6

What are the features of the parenchyma?

Answer 6

Thin cell walls.
Large vacuoles.
Photosynthetic.
Used in wound repair.

Question 7

What are the features of the sclerenchyma?

Answer 7

Thick cell walls.
Long slender cells.
Develop in association with xylem/phloem.
Provide structural support.

Question 8

What is the function of the meristem?

Answer 8

The site of growth.

Contains undifferentiated parenchymal cells - plant equivalent of stem cells.

Question 9

What are the 3 types of muscle cell?

Answer 9

Cardiac muscle.
Skeletal muscle.
Smooth muscle.

Question 10

How many cells are there in the human body?

Answer 10

1x10^13