Deck 25: Plant Tissues

Question 1

In leaves, what are vascular bundles that are strengthened with sclerenchyma fibers?

A)veins
B)vessels
C)xylem
D)phloem
E)sclereids

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which layer of cells in a root retains the capacity to divide, differentiate, and produce lateral roots?

A)epidermis
B)endodermis
C)pericycle
D)cortex
E)pith

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which tissue within a leaf has the most chloroplasts?

A)xylem
B)phloem
C)epidermis
D)spongy mesophyll
E)palisade mesophyll

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which term or terms best describe a plant that is growing taller with growth of its stems, leaves, and roots?

A)primary
B)secondary
C)primary, lateral meristem
D)primary, apical meristem
E)secondary, vascular cambium

Question 5

The bulk of a leaf consists of mesophyll, which is photosynthetic ____ with air spaces between cells.

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

Question 6

Stolons are stems that branch from the main stem of the plant and grow along the ground. Stolons may look like roots, but they ____.

A)grow vertically
B)have endodermis
C)have nodes
D)have root hairs
E)never grow under the ground surface

Question 7

These types of cells give pear flesh a gritty texture and make seed coats hard.

A)xylem
B)stomata
C)phloem
D)sclereids
E)fibers

Question 8

The vascular bundles in eudicot stems separate the ground tissue into two zones. Which sequence correctly describes the arrangement of those zones from the outside to the center?

A)epidermis → vascular bundle → pith → cortex
B)pith → vascular bundle → cortex → epidermis
C)epidermis → cortex → vascular bundle → pith
D)epidermis → vascular bundle → cortex → pith
E)cortex → epidermis → vascular bundle → pith

Question 9

Inside each leaf vein, ____ transports water and dissolved mineral ions to photosynthetic cells, while ____ transports products of photosynthesis (sugars) away from them.

A)xylem; phloem
B)phloem; xylem
C)parenchyma cells; sclerenchyma cells
D)sclerenchyma cells; parenchyma cells
E)sieve elements; vessel elements;

Question 10

Four of the five answers listed below are characteristic of xylem. Select the exception.

A)Each vessel is one continuous cell.
B)Cell walls contain lignin.
C)Water and minerals are transported through it.
D)Tracheids and vessel members are dead at maturity.
E)Cell walls contain pits.

Question 11

In eudicots, the greatest number of stomata are typically found ____.

A)on the leaf's upper surface
B)on the leaf's lower surface
C)in the leaf's vascular bundles
D)in the leaf's spongy mesophyll
E)in the leaf's palisade mesophyll

Question 12

-?In the accompanying figure, the letter C represents the ____.

A)?ground tissue
B)?dermal tissue
C)?vascular tissue
D)?pericycle
E)?endoderm

Question 13

Photosynthesis primarily takes place in the ____.

A)epidermis
B)vascular bundles
C)cuticle
D)cortex
E)mesophyll tissue

Question 14

Which specialized stem structure does not have nodes?

A)bulbs
B)stolons
C)corms
D)tubers
E)rhizomes

Question 15

Gaseous exchange occurs in plants through which structures in the epidermis?

A)cotyledons
B)companion cells
C)stomata
D)tracheids
E)sieve elements

Question 16

What is the most common type of tissue in plants?

A)vascular
B)dermal
C)meristem
D)ground
E)cork

Question 17

What is wood?

A)primary xylem
B)secondary xylem
C)secondary phloem
D)cork and cork cambium
E)periderm

Question 18

Four of the five answers listed below are components of roots. Select the exception.

A)root hairs
B)bulb
C)pericycle
D)vascular cylinder
E)endodermis

Question 19

Four of the five answers listed below are characteristic of dicots. Select the exception.

A)vascular bundles organized in a ring
B)veins formed in a net-like array
C)flower parts in fours or fives
D)two cotyledons
E)pollen grains with one pore or furrow

Question 20

Which specialized stem structure does not store nutrients?

A)bulbs
B)corms
C)tubers
D)rhizomes
E)stolons

Question 21

Four of the five answers listed below are types of complex tissue. Select the exception.

A)phloem
B)xylem
C)epidermis
D)parenchyma
E)periderm

Question 22

The simple plant tissue known for photosynthesis, storage, and secretion is ____.

A)vascular
B)parenchyma
C)collenchyma
D)sclerenchyma
E)dermal

Question 23

Four of the five answers listed below are functions of parenchymal tissue. Select the exception.

A)water conduction
B)wound healing
C)food storage
D)photosynthesis
E)secretion

Question 24

Four of the five answers listed below are characteristic of sclerenchyma cells. Select the exception.

A)have sclereids present
B)found in seed coats
C)retain the ability to divide at maturity
D)have the gritty texture of pear cells
E)used in the manufacturing of paper, cloth, and rope

Question 25

Vascular tissues distribute water and solutes through ground tissue. In ____, water and ions flow through tubes of dead tracheids and vessel elements.

A)sclerenchyma
B)parenchyma tissue
C)ground tissue
D)xylem
E)phloem

Question 26

The cells that function in phloem are ____.

A)vessel elements
B)sieve elements
C)tracheids
D)sclereids
E)periderm

Question 27

Which environment is most likely to produce trees without annual rings?

A)tropical rain forest
B)northern evergreen forest
C)areas with alternating wet and dry seasons
D)temperate-deciduous forests
E)annual rings are characteristic of all trees

Question 28

The outward-facing cell walls of epidermal cells contain which substance to reduce water loss?

A)wax
B)pectin
C)lignin
D)suberin
E)chitin

Question 29

Four of the five answers listed below are characteristic of monocots. Select the exception.

A)flower parts in threes or multiples of three
B)pollen grains with one pore
C)one cotyledon in the seed
D)vascular tissue in the stems arranged in a ring
E)parallel veins in the leaf

Question 30

What is found in the center of eudicot roots?

A)endodermis
B)pith
C)cortex
D)pericycle
E)vascular cylinder

Question 31

What is the short stalk that attaches the eudicot leaf to the stem?

A)stem
B)petiole
C)node
D)sheath
E)stomata

Question 32

Secondary xylem is formed in association with the ____.

A)pith
B)inner face of the vascular cambium
C)outer face of the vascular cambium
D)inner face of the cork cambium
E)outer face of the cork cambium

Question 33

Veins in leaves are composed of ____.

A)xylem and phloem
B)ground tissue
C)mesophyll
D)parenchyma
E)dermal tissue

Question 34

Adventitious roots are roots that ____.

A)form on stems or leaves
B)branch from existing roots
C)are modified leaves
D)are modified stems
E)develop from root hairs

Question 35

Xylem consists of which cells?

A)tracheids only
B)sieve elements only
C)vessel elements only
D)sclerenchyma fibers and sieve elements
E)tracheids and vessel elements

Question 36

What tiny structures are extensions of a root's epidermis and increase the root's surface area available for taking up soil water along with dissolved oxygen and mineral ions?

A)vascular bundles
B)fibrous roots
C)root hairs
D)prop roots
E)vascular cylinder

Question 37

Four of the five answers listed below possess chloroplasts. Select the exception.

A)mesophyll cells
B)guard cells
C)sclereid cells
D)palisade cells
E)spongy cells

Question 38

What short section of an underground stem is encased by overlapping layers of thickened, modified leaves (scales)?

A)corms
B)tubers
C)bulbs
D)stolons
E)rhizomes

Question 39

Most leaves are ____, with a high ____ to ____ ratio.

A)​thin; circumference; volume
B)​thick volume; surface area
C)​thin; volume; surface area
D)​thick; surface area; volume
E)​thin; surface area; volume

Question 40

Primary growth occurs at ____ and secondary growth occurs at ____.

A)apical tissue; lateral tissue
B)apical meristems; lateral meristems
C)primary meristems; secondary meristems
D)vascular cambium; cork cambium
E)lateral meristems; apical meristems

Question 41

Match each description to the items listed below.
a.vascular cambium
b.cork cambium
c.pericycle
d.ground tissue
e.dermal tissue
This tissue gives rise to the tree rings in temperate zone trees.

Question 42

Match each description to the items listed below.
a.vascular cambium
b.cork cambium
c.pericycle
d.ground tissue
e.dermal tissue
This tissue gives rise to the protective covering that forms the bark of a tree.

Question 43

Match each description to the items listed below.
a.vascular cambium
b.cork cambium
c.pericycle
d.ground tissue
e.dermal tissue
This tissue gives rise to secondary phloem and xylem.

Question 44

Match each description to the items listed below.
a.vascular cambium
b.cork cambium
c.pericycle
d.ground tissue
e.dermal tissue
This tissue gives rise to lateral roots.

Question 45

Match each description to the item listed below.
a.flattened photosynthetic stem that stores water; succulents
b."runners"; horizontal branches from main stem; contain nodes
c.thickened areas of underground stolons used for food storage
d.fleshy main stem that grows horizontally underground
e.thick underground stem that stores nutrients; has nodes off of which shoots arise
f.short underground stem with overlapping thick leaves called scales
cladode

Question 46

Match each description to the item listed below.
a.flattened photosynthetic stem that stores water; succulents
b."runners"; horizontal branches from main stem; contain nodes
c.thickened areas of underground stolons used for food storage
d.fleshy main stem that grows horizontally underground
e.thick underground stem that stores nutrients; has nodes off of which shoots arise
f.short underground stem with overlapping thick leaves called scales
stolon

Question 47

Match each description to the items listed below.
a.vascular cambium
b.cork cambium
c.pericycle
d.ground tissue
e.dermal tissue
This tissue gives rise to periderm.

Question 48

Four of the five answers listed below are features of the pericycle. Select the exception.

A)can continue to differentiate
B)are the origins of lateral roots
C)found in the root, but not in the stem
D)is a site for food storage
E)located inside the endodermis

Question 49

Unlike eudicots leaves, monocot leaves typically ____.

A)are oriented perpendicular to the sun's rays
B)have branching leaf veins
C)have a single layer of mesophyll
D)do not possess leaf veins
E)attach to the stem with a petiole

Question 50

Match each description to the item listed below.
a.flattened photosynthetic stem that stores water; succulents
b."runners"; horizontal branches from main stem; contain nodes
c.thickened areas of underground stolons used for food storage
d.fleshy main stem that grows horizontally underground
e.thick underground stem that stores nutrients; has nodes off of which shoots arise
f.short underground stem with overlapping thick leaves called scales
bulb

Question 51

Match each description to the item listed below.
a.flattened photosynthetic stem that stores water; succulents
b."runners"; horizontal branches from main stem; contain nodes
c.thickened areas of underground stolons used for food storage
d.fleshy main stem that grows horizontally underground
e.thick underground stem that stores nutrients; has nodes off of which shoots arise
f.short underground stem with overlapping thick leaves called scales
rhizome

Question 52

Match each description to the item listed below.
a.flattened photosynthetic stem that stores water; succulents
b."runners"; horizontal branches from main stem; contain nodes
c.thickened areas of underground stolons used for food storage
d.fleshy main stem that grows horizontally underground
e.thick underground stem that stores nutrients; has nodes off of which shoots arise
f.short underground stem with overlapping thick leaves called scales
corm

Question 53

Four of the five answers listed below are characteristics of phloem. Select the exception.

A)contains dead cells when tissue is functional
B)made of complex tissue
C)contains sieve plates between some cells
D)includes accessory companion cells
E)transports sugars through it

Question 54

Annual growth rings are formed in woody stems principally through the activities of the ____.

A)pericycle
B)pith
C)vascular cambium
D)apical meristem
E)endodermis

Question 55

Which of these is/are considered lateral meristem(s)?

A)apical meristems only
B)vascular cambium only
C)cork cambium only
D)pericycle and periderm
E)vascular cambium and cork cambium

Question 56

If a mutation prevented the formation of lignin, what tissue would be most affected?

A)vascular cambium
B)collenchyma
C)palisade mesophyll
D)sclerenchyma
E)parenchyma

Question 57

Match each description to the items listed below.
a.vascular cambium
b.cork cambium
c.pericycle
d.ground tissue
e.dermal tissue
This tissue makes up the bulk of the plant body.

Question 58

Match each description to the item listed below.
a.flattened photosynthetic stem that stores water; succulents
b."runners"; horizontal branches from main stem; contain nodes
c.thickened areas of underground stolons used for food storage
d.fleshy main stem that grows horizontally underground
e.thick underground stem that stores nutrients; has nodes off of which shoots arise
f.short underground stem with overlapping thick leaves called scales
tuber

Question 59

Which structure is in direct contact with the soil into which it is growing?

A)pith
B)endodermis
C)pericycle
D)epidermis
E)cortex

Question 60

What is a photosynthetic stem that stores water and is found in succulent plants in the desert?

A)bulbs
B)tubers
C)stolons
D)cladodes
E)corms

Question 61

Match each description to the five plant tissues listed below.
a.parenchyma
b.collenchyma
c.sclerenchyma
d.xylem
e.phloem
This tissue supports rapidly growing plant parts; its pectin offers flexibility.

Question 62

Match each description to the five plant tissues listed below.
a.parenchyma
b.collenchyma
c.sclerenchyma
d.xylem
e.phloem
This plant tissue is involved in photosynthesis and storage.

Question 63

Explain why increasing the density of trees in existing forests and replanting deforested areas is an effective way to offset activities that emit carbon-containing gases, such as CO₂, into the atmosphere.

Question 64

Match each description to the five plant tissues listed below.
a.parenchyma
b.collenchyma
c.sclerenchyma
d.xylem
e.phloem
This simple tissue of plants is comprised of cells that are dead at maturity and that provide structural support to plant parts.

Question 65

Match each description to the five plant tissues listed below.
a.parenchyma
b.collenchyma
c.sclerenchyma
d.xylem
e.phloem
This is a vascular tissue that conducts water and dissolved minerals throughout a plant.

Question 66

How does primary growth occur at a terminal bud?

Question 67

Match each description to the five plant tissues listed below.
a.parenchyma
b.collenchyma
c.sclerenchyma
d.xylem
e.phloem
This is a vascular tissue that conducts and distributes sugars to plant cells.