Deck 34: Organization of the Plant Body

Question 1

Which term refers to plants that complete their life cycle in two growing seasons?

A)eudicots
B)perennials
C)biennials
D)monocots

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which cells form the protective coat around seeds?

A)vessel members cells
B)collenchyma cells
C)parenchyma cells
D)sclerenchyma cells

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the overall scheme of typical plant development?

A)Growing tips and zones are present throughout a plant's life, and final plant form is not influenced by the environment.
B)Growing tips and zones are present throughout a plant's life, and plant bodies do not have a fixed final size.
C)Plant bodies do not have a fixed final size, and final plant form is not influenced by the environment.
D)Plant bodies have a fixed final size, and final plant form is not influenced by the environment.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which term refers to the mechanisms by which the body of a plant functions in its environment?

A)anatomy
B)ecology
C)distribution
D)physiology

Question 5

Xylem and phloem are examples of what type of plant tissue?

A)vascular tissue
B)ground tissue
C)protoderm
D)meristem

Question 6

Which cells form flexible support strands such as the "strings" in celery?

A)sclerenchyma cells
B)tracheids cells
C)collenchyma cells
D)parenchyma cells

Question 7

Which term refers to plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season?

A)eudicots
B)monocots
C)perennials
D)annuals

Question 8

Which term refers to plants that typically grow for many years?

A)perennials
B)monocots
C)biennials
D)annuals

Question 9

Which type of plant tissue is specialized for conducting fluids?

A)dermal tissue
B)meristem
C)protoderm
D)vascular tissue

Question 10

Which cells make up the ground tissue that provides rigid support via the thick, typically lignified, cell walls that remain after the cells die?

A)vessel members cells
B)sclerenchyma cells
C)tracheids cells
D)collenchyma cells

Question 11

Which cells make up the bulk of the soft primary growth of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits?

A)parenchyma cells
B)sclerenchyma cells
C)collenchyma cells
D)vessel members cells

Question 12

Which type of anatomical feature is a plant stem considered to be?

A)an organ
B)a meristem
C)a shoot system
D)a tissue

Question 13

Which term refers to the external form of a plant?

A)anatomy
B)morphology
C)physiology
D)ecology

Question 14

Which part of a vascular plant performs most of the photosynthesis that is conducted by the plant?

A)the ground tissue
B)the protoderm
C)the dermal tissue
D)the vascular tissue

Question 15

Which term refers to growth from apical meristems that generally results in an increase in the length of a plant?

A)typical growth
B)secondary growth
C)primary growth
D)longitudinal growth

Question 16

What part of a plant consists of self-perpetuating embryonic tissue that is typically found at the tips of shoots and roots?

A)the protoderm
B)the meristem
C)the dermal tissue
D)the ground tissue

Question 17

Which of the following is typically found in secondary, but NOT primary, cell walls?

A)hemicellulose
B)pectin
C)cellulose
D)lignin

Question 18

Which type of plant tissue is considered primarily photosynthetic?

A)vascular tissue
B)dermal tissue
C)ground tissue
D)root tissue

Question 19

Which of the following can waterproof cell walls, thus allowing the plant to form structures such as watertight conduction channels?

A)cellulose
B)lignin
C)hemicellulose
D)pectin

Question 20

Which term refers to the structure and arrangement of the internal parts of a plant?

A)anatomy
B)ecology
C)morphology
D)physiology

Question 21

Which plant body part includes the sieve tube members?

A)ground tissue
B)dermal tissue
C)meristem
D)phloem

Question 22

Which of the following processes maintain apical dominance?

A)hormones released by the lateral buds
B)sugars produced in the lateral buds
C)water transported from the roots
D)hormones released by the terminal bud

Question 23

Which of the following covers and protects plant surfaces?

A)ground tissue
B)vascular tissue
C)dermal tissue
D)meristem

Question 24

What tissue in vascular plants would be used to move sugars from the roots to the stems and leaves?

A)phloem
B)sclerenchyma
C)xylem
D)parenchyma

Question 25

What are rhizomes, tubers, corms, and stolons examples of?

A)modified leaves
B)modified stems
C)modified bulbs
D)modified flowers

Question 26

Which of the following most directly gives rise to primary vascular tissues?

A)ground meristem
B)procambium
C)vascular cambium
D)apical meristem

Question 27

Which cells form a type of vascular tissue by joining end to end in tubelike columns, develop thick, lignified cell walls, and die at maturity, thus leaving an open-ended, water-conducting tube?

A)tracheids
B)vessel members
C)parenchyma cells
D)collenchyma cells

Question 28

Which of the following is typically a main function of stems?

A)movement
B)absorption of minerals
C)storage of water and food
D)energy capture

Question 29

Which cells are connected to companion cells via plasmodesmata?

A)guard cells
B)trichomes
C)sieve tube members
D)tracheids

Question 30

What tissue in vascular plants would be used to move water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the stems and leaves?

A)sclerenchyma
B)xylem
C)parenchyma
D)collenchyma

Question 31

Which term refers to a coating that is secreted by epidermal cells and which protects the plant from water loss and attacks by microbes?

A)protoplast
B)trichome
C)cuticle
D)stoma

Question 32

Which term refers to hairlike projections, such as root hairs, that are specialized outgrowths of the plant epidermis?

A)bark
B)protoplasts
C)trichomes
D)cuticles

Question 33

What is the site of new primary growth at the apex of a shoot?

A)the internode
B)the lateral bud
C)the node
D)the terminal bud

Question 34

Which term refers to the upper angle between a stem and attached leaf?

A)internode
B)axillary bud
C)node
D)lateral bud

Question 35

Which plant organs are often connected to a petiole, may be either simple or compound, and are typically the main organs of photosynthesis and gas exchange?
a.trichomes
b.flowers
c.stems
d.leaves

Question 36

When an apical meristem cell divides, one daughter cell is called the initial and the other is called the derivative. What are the fates of these cells?

A)Both the initial and the derivative are used to form primary meristems.
B)The initial remains part of the apical meristem, and the derivative is used to form primary meristems.
C)Both the initial and the derivative remain part of the apical meristem.
D)The initial is used to form primary meristems, and the derivative remains part of the apical meristem.

Question 37

Which of the following is associated with the terms cuticle, guard cells, stomata, and trichomes?

A)ground tissue
B)meristem
C)vascular tissue
D)dermal tissue

Question 38

For a stem that has a vascular cylinder, which sequence of structures is in the correct order, from outside to inside?

A)stele ? epidermis ? pith ? cortex
B)epidermis ? cortex ? stele ? pith
C)stele ? cortex ? epidermis ? pith
D)cortex ? stele ? pith ? epidermis

Question 39

Which term refers to the place on a stem where one or more leaves are attached?

A)node
B)internode
C)lateral bud
D)axil

Question 40

Which cells are used to create a type of vascular tissue with long, tapered, overlapping ends that ultimately forms a water-conducting tube?

A)sclerenchyma cells
B)parenchyma cells
C)tracheids cells
D)vessel members cells

Question 41

In the figure, what is item number 5?

A)a vascular bundle
B)palisade mesophyll
C)spongy mesophyll
D)a stoma

Question 42

Which term refers to primary and secondary xylem that can no longer transport water and solutes, but which instead is strengthened dry tissue where some defensive compounds are stored?

A)sapwood
B)bark
C)vascular cambium
D)heartwood

Question 43

Where does the primary uptake of water and mineral ions from the soil occur?
a.in the root hairs
b.in the pericycle
c.in the endodermis
d.in the quiescent centre

Question 44

Which sequence places the tissues in the stem of a young tree in the correct order, starting from the exterior of the plant with the outermost layer of stem tissue, and moving toward the centre?

A)secondary phloem ? primary xylem ? secondary xylem ? primary phloem
B)primary phloem ? secondary xylem ? secondary phloem ? primary xylem
C)primary phloem ? secondary phloem ? secondary xylem ? primary xylem
D)primary xylem ? secondary xylem ? secondary phloem ? primary phloem

Question 45

In the figure, what is item number 1?

A)the zone of elongation
B)the root cap
C)the zone of maturation
D)the zone of cell division

Question 46

From which of the following structures do lateral roots arise?

A)the root hairs
B)the endodermis
C)the pericycle
D)the root cap

Question 47

In the figure, what is item number 4?

A)epidermis
B)palisade mesophyll
C)a stoma
D)a vascular bundle

Question 48

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
two cotyledons

Question 49

In the figure, what is item number 2?

A)palisade mesophyll
B)a vascular bundle
C)spongy mesophyll
D)a stoma

Question 50

Which structure surrounds and protects the root apical meristem?

A)the pericycle
B)the root cap
C)the root hairs
D)the endodermis

Question 51

In the figure, what is item number 1?

A)the epidermis
B)palisade mesophyll
C)a stoma
D)a vascular bundle

Question 52

Which of the following most directly gives rise to secondary xylem and phloem?

A)apical meristem
B)procambium
C)vascular cambium
D)protoderm

Question 53

In the figure, what is item number 5?

A)the zone of maturation
B)the zone of elongation
C)the root apical meristem
D)the zone of cell division

Question 54

In the figure, what is item number 4?

A)the zone of elongation
B)the zone of maturation
C)the root cap
D)the root apical meristem

Question 55

In the figure, what is item number 3?

A)spongy mesophyll
B)epidermis
C)palisade mesophyll
D)a stoma

Question 56

Imagine that you have found a mutant oak plant that CANNOT produce vascular cambium. What would be the most direct result of this mutation?

A)The plant would not be able to perform photosynthesis.
B)The plant would not be able to transport sugar to the roots.
C)The plant would not be able to make secondary xylem and phloem.
D)The plant would not be able to make leaves.

Question 57

Which term refers to the selectively permeable barrier that is present in the innermost layer of the root cortex?

A)pericycle
B)root hairs
C)endodermis
D)quiescent centre

Question 58

What is the term for a single main root that is adapted for storage and which typically grows downward and fairly deep?

A)a rhizome
B)a tuber
C)a taproot
D)a fibrous root

Question 59

In the figure, what is item number 3?

A)the zone of elongation
B)the root cap
C)the zone of cell division
D)the root apical meristem

Question 60

In the figure, what is item number 2?

A)the zone of maturation
B)the zone of cell division
C)the root apical meristem
D)the zone of elongation

Question 61

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
vascular bundles organized in a ring in ground tissue

Question 62

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
reproduction using seeds

Question 63

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
branching fibrous root system

Question 64

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
vascular tissues

Question 65

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
floral parts in fours or fives (or multiples of four or five)

Question 66

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
lack of meristems

Question 67

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
floral parts in threes (or multiples of three)

Question 68

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
parallel leaf veins

Question 69

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
leaf veins in a netlike array

Question 70

Match each description of a plant characteristic to the letter that represents the plant group that typically has that characteristic. Each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
a.eudicots
b.monocots
c.both eudicots and monocots
d.neither eudicots nor monocots
one cotyledon