WSU BIO 106 FINAL STUDY GUIDE TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE RESOURCE
●● roots
Answer: Absorbs water and minerals from the ground. Anchors plant in
ground.
●● Stems
Answer: Carry substances between roots and leaves; provide support for
plant; holds leaves up to sunlight
●● leaves
Answer: The main photosynthetic organs of vascular plants.
●● Nodes
Answer: the points at which leaves are attached
●● internodes
Answer: the stem segments between nodes
●● axillary bud
,Answer: A structure that has the potential to form a lateral shoot, or
branch. The bud appears in the angle formed between a leaf and a stem.
●● terminal bud
Answer: bud at tip of a stem responsible for terminal growth
●● petiole
Answer: The stalk of a leaf, which joins the leaf to a node of the stem.
●● Three plant tissues
Answer: dermal, vascular, ground
●● dermal tissue
Answer: tissue of the plant that makes up the waxy outer layer of the
plant
●● vascular tissue
Answer: Plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport
water and nutrients throughout the plant body.
●● ground tissue
Answer: tissue between the dermal tissue and vascular tissue of a non-
woody plant that functions in photosynthesis, storage, and support
,●● Xylem
Answer: vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to
every part of a plant
●● Phloem
Answer: Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances
throughout a plant
●● parenchyma
Answer: Fundamental tissue composed of thin-walled living cells that
function in photosynthesis and storage.
●● Collenchyma
Answer: type of ground tissue cell with a strong, flexible cell wall; helps
support larger plants
●● Sclerenchyma
Answer: type of ground-tissue cell with an extremely thick, rigid cell
wall that makes ground tissue tough and strong
●● apical meristem
Answer: Embryonic plant tissue in the tips of roots and in the buds of
shoots that supplies cells for the plant to grow in length.
, ●● lateral meristems
Answer: A meristem that thickens the roots and shoots of woody plants.
The vascular cambium and cork cambium are lateral meristems.
●● shoot apical meristem
Answer: dome-shaped mass of dividing cells at the shoot tip
●● Gymnosperms and eudicots
Answer: vascular bundles are arranged in a ring
●● Monocots
Answer: vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem
●● secondary growth
Answer: Growth produced by lateral meristems, which thickens the
roots and shoots of woody plants.
●● vascular cambium
Answer: A cylinder of meristematic tissue in woody plants that adds
layers of secondary vascular tissue called secondary xylem (wood) and
secondary phloem.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE RESOURCE
●● roots
Answer: Absorbs water and minerals from the ground. Anchors plant in
ground.
●● Stems
Answer: Carry substances between roots and leaves; provide support for
plant; holds leaves up to sunlight
●● leaves
Answer: The main photosynthetic organs of vascular plants.
●● Nodes
Answer: the points at which leaves are attached
●● internodes
Answer: the stem segments between nodes
●● axillary bud
,Answer: A structure that has the potential to form a lateral shoot, or
branch. The bud appears in the angle formed between a leaf and a stem.
●● terminal bud
Answer: bud at tip of a stem responsible for terminal growth
●● petiole
Answer: The stalk of a leaf, which joins the leaf to a node of the stem.
●● Three plant tissues
Answer: dermal, vascular, ground
●● dermal tissue
Answer: tissue of the plant that makes up the waxy outer layer of the
plant
●● vascular tissue
Answer: Plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport
water and nutrients throughout the plant body.
●● ground tissue
Answer: tissue between the dermal tissue and vascular tissue of a non-
woody plant that functions in photosynthesis, storage, and support
,●● Xylem
Answer: vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to
every part of a plant
●● Phloem
Answer: Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances
throughout a plant
●● parenchyma
Answer: Fundamental tissue composed of thin-walled living cells that
function in photosynthesis and storage.
●● Collenchyma
Answer: type of ground tissue cell with a strong, flexible cell wall; helps
support larger plants
●● Sclerenchyma
Answer: type of ground-tissue cell with an extremely thick, rigid cell
wall that makes ground tissue tough and strong
●● apical meristem
Answer: Embryonic plant tissue in the tips of roots and in the buds of
shoots that supplies cells for the plant to grow in length.
, ●● lateral meristems
Answer: A meristem that thickens the roots and shoots of woody plants.
The vascular cambium and cork cambium are lateral meristems.
●● shoot apical meristem
Answer: dome-shaped mass of dividing cells at the shoot tip
●● Gymnosperms and eudicots
Answer: vascular bundles are arranged in a ring
●● Monocots
Answer: vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem
●● secondary growth
Answer: Growth produced by lateral meristems, which thickens the
roots and shoots of woody plants.
●● vascular cambium
Answer: A cylinder of meristematic tissue in woody plants that adds
layers of secondary vascular tissue called secondary xylem (wood) and
secondary phloem.
