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The root and the stem: Main functions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following functions of the root DOES NOT BELONG to the group?

a)

Storage of food and minerals

b)

Symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria

c)

Anchorage

d)

Site of food production

2.

Which of the following is a hormone that stimulates stem growth?

a)

Giberellins

b)

Carbonic acid

c)

Estrogen

d)

Endodermis

3.

Which of the following is the outermost layer of the vascular cylinder consists of cells that has the capacity to divide and form secondary roots?

a)

Epidermis

b)

Vascular tissue

c)

Vascular cylinder

d)

Pericycle

4.

Which of the following longitudinal section covers and protects the root tip?

a)

Zone of cell division

b)

Zone of maturation

c)

Root cap

d)

Zone of elongation

5.

Which of the following root systems is where primary root dies and a large number of slender secondary roots arise from the base of the stem?

a)

Taproot system

b)

Fibrous root system

c)

Grass root system

d)

Carrot root system

6.

Which of the following longitudinal section where cells become mature and fully differentiated?

a)

Zone of cell division

b)

Zone of elongation

c)

Zone of maturation

d)

Root cap

7.

Which of the following cross section forms a boundary between the cortex and the vascular cylinder?

a)

Vascular cylinder

b)

Epidermis

c)

Endodermis

d)

Cortex

8.

Which of the following cross section is a large, composed of irregularly shaped parenchyma cells which functions as a food storage?

a)

Endodermis

b)

Cortex

c)

Epidermis

d)

Vascular cylinder

9.

Which of the following root systems has a large primary root and smaller lateral roots?

a)

Taproot system

b)

Fibrous root system

c)

Vascular root system

d)

Root cap

10.

Which of the following longitudinal section can newly formed cells be found as they are added to root cap below and on the zone of elongation?

a)

Endodermis

b)

Zone of cell division

c)

Zone fo elongation

d)

Zone of maturation