Chapter 28

Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology · 12 exercises

Problem 1

Ground tissue consists mainly of __________ a. pith b. the walls of dead cells c. parenchyma cells d. cork but not bark

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Problem 2

Which of the following cell types remain alive in mature tissue? a. sclerenchyma b. tracheids c. sieve elements d. vessel elements

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Problem 3

Epidermis and periderm are ________ tissues. a. ground b. vascular c. dermal d. mesoderm

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Problem 5

A vascular bundle in a leaf is called _____________ a. a vascular cylinder b. mesophyll c. a vein d. vascular cambium

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Problem 7

Typically, vascular tissue is organized as _________ in stems and as ___________ in roots. a. multiple vascular bundles; one vascular cylinder b. one vascular bundle: multiple vascular cylinders c. one vascular cylinder; multiple vascular bundles d. multiple vascular cylinders; one vascular bundle

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Problem 8

When guard cells swell, __________ a. transpiration ceases b. sugars enter phloem c. stomata open d. root cells die

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Problem 9

Water transport from roots to leaves occurs by __________ a. a pressure gradient inside sieve tubes b. different solutes at source and sink regions c. the pumping force of xylem vessels d. transpiration, tension, and cohesion of water

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Problem 10

Sugar transport from leaves to roots occurs by ____________ a. a pressure gradient inside sieve tubes b. different solutes at source and sink regions c. the pumping force of xylem vessels d. transpiration, tension, and cohesion of water

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Problem 11

Roots and shoots lengthen through activity at____________ a. apical meristems b. lateral meristems c. vascular cambium d. cork cambium

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Problem 12

The activity of lateral meristems ___________ older roots and stems. a. lengthens b. thickens c. both a and b d. has no effect on

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Problem 14

Tree rings occur mainly __________ a. when there are droughts during the time the rings form b. where environmental conditions influence xylem cell size c. as epidermis replaces periderm

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Problem 15

Match the terms with the best description. mesophyll potato cotyledons parallel veins vascular cylinder wood transpiration sieve plate taproot a. separates cells in phloem tubes b. photosynthetic parenchyma c. evaporation from stomata d. characteristic of monocot leaves e. only one in a monocot seed f. only in eudicots g. stem structure h. mass of secondary xylem i. central column in roots

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