After bringing a small plant into the biology lab,you prepare microscope slides of the shoot.Near the tip of the shoot,you observe a dense patch of cells that seem to be actively dividing in a way that would cause the shoot to continue growing in length.The patch of cells is the

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The dense patch of cells that appear to be actively dividing and would cause the shoot to continue growing in length is the apical meristem. The apical meristem is responsible for primary growth in plants and is located at the tip of the shoot or root. The other options are not consistent with the description of the observed cells. Vascular bundles are responsible for transporting water and nutrients throughout the plant, the intercalary meristem is found in certain plant tissues and is responsible for cell elongation, lateral meristems are responsible for secondary growth in woody plants, and tracheids are specialized plant cells involved in water transportation.

After Bringing a Small Plant into the Biology Lab,you Prepare