Exam 35: Vascular Plant Structure, Growth, and Development

If you were able to walk into an opening cut into the center of a large redwood tree, when you exited from the middle of the trunk (stem)outward, you would cross, in order, ________.

The secondary mesophyll of leaves is made up of ________.

Of the following plants, which stem has scattered vascular bundles?

A lateral root originates in the ________.

The following question is based on the drawings of root or stem cross sections shown in the figure. Refer to the figure. A woody eudicot is represented by ________.

The bark of a tree trunk is made up of ________.

The following question is based on the drawings of root or stem cross sections shown in the figure. Refer to the figure. A monocot stem is represented by ________.

Growth and development of plant parts involves ________. I cell division to produce new cells II enlargement and elongation of cells III specialization of cells into tissues

Additional vascular tissue produced as secondary growth in a root originates from which cells?

What tissue makes up most of the wood of a tree?

Which of the following can be used to determine a twig's age?

As a youngster, you drive a nail in the trunk of a young tree that is 3 meters tall. The nail is about 1.5 meters from the ground. Fifteen years later, you return and discover that the tree has grown to a height of 30 meters. About how many meters above the ground is the nail?

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the zones in the primary growth of a root, moving from the root cap inward?

Compared to most animals, the growth of most plant structure is best described as ________.

Increasing the number of stomata per unit surface area of a leaf when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels decline is most analogous to a human ________.

An axillary bud in the stem can potentially form a ________ in a variety of plants based on evolutionary adaptations.

Which of the following are water-conducting cells that are dead at functional maturity?

Which of the following arise, directly or indirectly, from meristematic activity?

Which of the following have unevenly thickened primary walls that support young, growing parts of the plant?

One important difference between the anatomy of roots and the anatomy of leaves is that ________.