Exam 24: Flowering Plants: Structure and Organization

Which of these plant tissue types most closely corresponds to the "typical" unspecialized plant cell?

Which statement is NOT true of the epidermis of a plant?

If a plant contains seven bundle scars this would indicate that the plant is ______ years old.

Which of the following structures is a stem adaptation instead of a root adaptation?

An axillary bud may produce

Which of the following tissue types will produce root hairs within the zone of maturation?

Which of the following structures is an underground horizontal stem?

During the spring and fall each year thousands of maple trees are tapped for their fluids in order to make "real" maple syrup.If you were to tap into a maple tree to extract the syrup (sucrose)which tissue layer do you want to tap into?

Which of the following tissues transports water and nutrients within the plant?

The meristems that arise from the apical meristem include all of the following EXCEPT

A typical leaf is composed of multiple layers of specialized cells.What is the correct order of layers starting on the upper surface of the leaf and progressing to the lower surface?

In older,woody plants,the epidermis of the stem is replaced by

The cortex found in the center of a dicot stem or a monocot root is made of what type of tissue?

To prepare a microscope slide of mitosis,where would one most likely find examples of cell division in a plant?

Which of these plant tissue types is composed of hollow nonliving tracheids and vessel elements that transport water and nutrient minerals from the roots to the leaves?

Which of these plant tissue types is composed of sieve-tube elements and companion cells,and transports organic nutrients made in the leaves?

Vascular tissue that transports organic nutrients and sugars from the leaves to the roots is

Plant roots function to

Which statement is NOT true about woody stems?

Damage to the parenchyma cells can lead to which of the following issues: