WorksheetsVascular system
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the tissue that conducts sucrose, photosyntetic products and other organic compounds to parts where needed?
Xylem
Phloem
Sclerenchyma
Parenchyma
What is the function of xylem?
Support in plants
Transport organic compounds
Conducts sucrose
Transport water and minerals
Two types of cells in xylem that conducts water.
Parenchyma
Tracheids
Sieve tube
Vessel elements
In the stem, the vascular tissue forms
leaf veins
vascular stem
vascular cylinder
vascular bundle
In which direction is movement in the xylem?
Downward only
Both downward and upward
Upward only
Where does sugar transport begin?
Roots
Leaves
Root hairs
Vascular bundles
Which process are the xylem tubes part of?
Translocation
Transpiration
Transportation
Translation
What is companion cell?
Cell that lends support to phloem.
Plant cell in the vascular tissue of plants that metabolically supports the conducting cells of the phloem.
Cell that traps water.
Thick secondary walls that are impregnated with lignin.
Xylem tubes are made of...
Dead cells
Living cells
Which of the following best describes the structure of the phloem?
The phloem is comprised of many dead sieve cells that have pores in their cell walls to allow movement of substances through the plant.
The phloem is comprised of many living sieve cells that have pores in their cell walls to allow movement of substances through the plant.
The phloem is comprised of dead sieve cells that form a long continuous tube.
The phloem is comprised of living sieve cells that form a long continuous tube.
Stele with pith at the centre is called...
Siphonostele
Protostele
Both a and b
None of the above
A siphonostele with single leaf gap is called...
Protostele
Actinostele
Solenostele
Dictyostele
Units of dictyostele are called...
Solenostele
Actinostele
Atactostele
Meristele
Amphiploic siphonostele is
Xylem seen on both sides of phloem ring
Phloem seen on both sides of xylem ring
Two steles seen
Two xylem groups seen in exarch condition
If small xylem groups are seen mixed with phloem, the stele is called,...
Actinostele
Mixed protostele
Siphonostele
None of the above
