STEM QUIZ

The stem bears leaves, flowers, fruits.

• FACT

• BLUFF

This type of strong stem is erect, strong and has a crown of leaves at the top.

One example is a coconut tree.

• Bulb

• Excurrent

• Caudex

• Trailer

It is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants that transports water from roots to stems and leaves of a plant.

• Parenchyma

• Phloem

• Sclerenchyma

• Xylem

The type of cell found in stem and other parts of the plant which is responsible for photosynthesis, and also helps repair and heal wounds.

• Collenchyma

• Parenchyma

• Sclerenchyma

It is the one responsible for transporting food or organic nutrients to the different parts of a vascular plant.

• Roots

• Meristematic cells

• Phloem

• Xylem

UK gardener, Douglas Smith, from Hertfordshire, grows 1,269 tomatoes on ____ stem/s breaking his own record.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A coast redwood tree that is 379.1 ft tall and considered to be world's tallest known living tree.

• General Grant

• General Sherman

• Hyperion

• Stagg

Answer explanation

Hyperion tree was dscovered by naturalists Atkins and Taylor. This is a coast restwood located in California with a height of 379.1ft. The exact location of Hyperion is kept secret to protect the tree from damage.

It is the national tree of the Philippines that symbolizes the lofty ideals of the Filipino people.

• Anahaw

• Mango

• Narra

• Acacia

An indigenous tree specie in the southeastern Philippines and considered as the tallest tree in the country.

• Acacia

• Molave

• Banaba

• Toog

Answer explanation

Toog tree or also called as Philippines rosewood that is 213ft. high and estimated to be 300 years old. This is located in San Francisco, Agusan Del Sur.

The oldest tree in the world is a 4,863-year-old tree, named after a biblical figure. This is a bristlecone pine tree that is growing in the White Mountains in California.

• Methuselah

• Genesis

• Hadassah

• Abel