27 Plant tissue

Which type of roots are also known as prop roots?

• Adventitious roots

• Aerating roots

• Aerial roots

• Contractile roots

• Coarse roots

Which plant does not have a taproot?

• Beetroot

• Onion

• Carrot

• Parsley

• Turnip

What are the two organ systems of a vascular plant body?

• Shoots and roots

• Stems and leaves

• Stems and roots

• Leaves and roots

• Leaves and flowers

Which of the following is not true about leaves?

• Photosynthetic cells are parenchyma cells.

• They intercept sunlight for photosynthesis.

• Veins transport water, ions, and sugars.

• Photosynthetic cells are on the top layer of epidermis.

• Modified leaves carry out special functions.

Which component distributes water and nutrients throughout the plant body?

• Ground tissue

• Vascular tissue

• Dermal tissue

• Root

• Shoot

One way in which monocots and eudicots differ is in ____.

• having the capacity to bear seeds

• their types of tissues

• their organ systems

• their pattern of tissue organization

• having vascular bundles

Most of the plant body is composed of ____.

• dermal tissue

• root tissue

• ground tissue

• vascular tissue

• cork tissue

During lengthening and thickening, plant tissues arise from the activity of the ____________.

• protoderm

• procambium

• meristems

• terminal bud

• immature leaf

______________ roots from an existing root originate with pericycle cells in the root’s vascular cylinder.

• Adventitious

• Propagative

• Surface

• Lateral

• Tuberous

Complex tissues are tissues consisting of ____.

• two or more cell types

• only one cell type

• only parenchyma cells

• only collenchyma cells

• only sclerenchyma cells