Quiz 8b

Which part of a plant absorbs energy from the sun?

• bark

• flowers

• leaves

• stems

The plant tissue that carries water from the roots to the leaves is _________.

• cork cambium
• phloem
• stomata
• xylem

Tree bark contains several types of cells, including cork and a ring of _________.

• cuticle
• fibers
• phloem
• xylem

The weight of a plant is supported by _________.

• cell walls and chloroplasts
• cell walls and turgor pressure
• phloem and bark
• turgor pressure and palisade layers

What is a long, narrow, thick-walled cell that supports vascular bundles in some plants?

• cellulose
• fiber
• turgor
• vein

What does cork cambium do for a plant with a woody stem?

• Constantly dividing, producing new cork cells for the bark

• Destroying old material for food

What do we call the region on a stem where new leaves or branches are produced?

• cuticle

• stoma

• node

• vein

When you eat a carrot, you are eating a

• fibrous root

• herbaceous root

• lateral root

• taproot

The flexible stalks supporting dandelion flowers are which type of stem?

• cork

• fibrous

• herbaceous

• woody

Plants whose vascular bundles are evenly distributed throughout their entire stems are

• fibrous

• dicots

• monocots

• woody