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Chapter 23

Terms in this set (30)

roots, stems, and leaves
Ground tissue is found in plant
tip of a shoot
Which of the following should a student examine under a compound microscope to observe cell division?
conduct water to the leaves
If some of the xylem of a young oak tree was destroyed, it would most likely interfere with the tree's ability to
extensive root systems
Which of the following are found mainly in monocots?
xylem and phloem
The vascular cylinder of a root consists of
the Casparian strip is waterproof
There is a one-way movemtn of water and minerals from the cortex into the vascular cylinder of a root because
is produced in the vascular cylinder by active transport
Root pressure
is continuous from the roots
The vascular tissue in a plant's stem
surrounded by parenchyma in both monocot and dicot stems
Vascular bundles are
produces wood
In dicot plants, secondary growth
mesophyll
Most of the photosynthetic activity in plants takes place in the
light if a plant has enough water
The stomata of leaves are usually open in
companion cells
Which of the following terms is LEAST related to the other terms
capillary action
Water will move higher in a narrow glass tube than in a wide glass tube because of
stems
When a plant moves sugars from its leaves to its stems, the sink is the
roots
A seed plant is anchored in the ground by its
meristematic tissue
Which of the following is the only tissue that produces new plant cells?
xylem and phloem
Vascular tissue in plants consists of
vessel elements
In angiosperms, xylem consists of tracheids and
taproot
A carrot is a (an)
endodermis
The layer of cells that encloses the vascular tissue in the central region of a root is the
active transport
Minerals from the soil move into roots by
transport substances between roots and leaves
One of the main functions of stems is to
stems
Figure 23-1 shows cross sections of monocot and dicot
increases the length of the stem
The primary growth of a stem
guard cells
The movement of gases in and out of the leaf is regulated by
stoma
In Figure 23-2, the X points to a
adhesion
The attraction of water molecules to other molecules is called
xylem cells
Through which plant cells does water move by capillary action?
the pressure-flow hypothesis
The movement of sugars in a plant can be explained by
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