Botany: Ch 4 Exam Questions and Answers
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What are the major groups of Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
organs
in plants?
What is a tissue in the context of A group of cells performing a similar
plants? function.
What are meristematic tissues? Tissues that are regions of growth and
active cell
division.
What is the function of shoot They are responsible for the growth at the
apical shoot
meristems? tip.
What develops from leaf Leaves
primordia?
What is the role of axillary buds? They develop from meristematic cells left
at the
bases of leaf primordia.
What protects the root apical The root cap.
meristem?
, What are the three zones of Zone of cell division, Zone of elongation,
growth Zone of
in root tips? differentiation.
What are primary meristems? Tissues that develop from apical
meristems.
What does the protoderm develop Epidermis cells.
into?
What is the function of the ground It differentiates into the plant's ground
meristem? tissues.
What does the procambium Primary vascular tissues, specifically
develop xylem and
into? phloem.
What are simple tissues in plants? Tissues composed of a single cell type.
What are complex tissues in Tissues consisting of two or more cell
plants? types.
Name the major types of simple Parenchyma, Collenchyma,
plant cells. Sclerenchyma.
What are parenchyma cells Thin, flexible primary walls and the ability
characterized by? to divide
and differentiate.
with Verified Solutions | Latest Updated 2026
What are the major groups of Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
organs
in plants?
What is a tissue in the context of A group of cells performing a similar
plants? function.
What are meristematic tissues? Tissues that are regions of growth and
active cell
division.
What is the function of shoot They are responsible for the growth at the
apical shoot
meristems? tip.
What develops from leaf Leaves
primordia?
What is the role of axillary buds? They develop from meristematic cells left
at the
bases of leaf primordia.
What protects the root apical The root cap.
meristem?
, What are the three zones of Zone of cell division, Zone of elongation,
growth Zone of
in root tips? differentiation.
What are primary meristems? Tissues that develop from apical
meristems.
What does the protoderm develop Epidermis cells.
into?
What is the function of the ground It differentiates into the plant's ground
meristem? tissues.
What does the procambium Primary vascular tissues, specifically
develop xylem and
into? phloem.
What are simple tissues in plants? Tissues composed of a single cell type.
What are complex tissues in Tissues consisting of two or more cell
plants? types.
Name the major types of simple Parenchyma, Collenchyma,
plant cells. Sclerenchyma.
What are parenchyma cells Thin, flexible primary walls and the ability
characterized by? to divide
and differentiate.
