In woody plants the cork cambium produces new tissues that increase the girth of the
stem. When this happens the epidermis is sloughed off and replaced by the
__________________ - Answer-periderm
/.What is the function of phloem in plants - Answer-food conduction
/.all components of phloem - Answer-sieve-tube members, companion cells
/.What is the main function of xylem in plants - Answer-to transport water and minerals
throughout the plant
/.The outermost cell layer of young plant organs is known as the _____________ -
Answer-epidermis
/.What are two types of conducting vascular tissue - Answer-xylem, phloem
/.secretory cells or tissues in plants are usually derived from - Answer-parenchyma cells
/.the epidermis of aboveground plant parts form outgrowths consisting of one or several
cells. These hairs are usually referred to as ____________ - Answer-trichomes
/.The most common tissue type in plants is _______________ - Answer-parenchyma
/.What are characteristics of vessel elements - Answer-Pairs of vessel elements can be
separated by a perforation plate
The cell walls of vessel elements are often open at each end
/.In conifers and ferns, sieve cells have ___________ cells, which are the equivalent to
companion cells - Answer-albuminous
/.____________ is NOT a substance secreted by a plant's secretory cells or tissues -
Answer-Lignin
/.What is true of a cuticle - Answer-It determines how much water is lost through
evaporation
, It is exceptionally resistant to pathogens including bacteria and viruses
/.Companion cells carry out metabolic functions needed to maintain - Answer-sieve-tube
members
/.Plants can increase the absorptive surface area of their roots by making root hairs.
The root hairs are tubular extensions of ________ - Answer-epidermal cells
/.Plants leaves have numerous openings called ____________, bordered by pairs of
specialized cells known as __________ cells. Plants exchange gases through those
openings - Answer-stomata
guard
/.Tracheids can sometimes form bordered pits, through which water flow between
individual tracheid cells can be regulated . Bordered pits are composed of a pit
__________ and a thickened region called a ____________ - Answer-membrane
tube
/.The cytoplasm of adjacent sieve tube members extend from cell to cell through regions
filled with small pores called - Answer-sieve plates
/.The following exhibit a multilayered epidermis - Answer-Velamen roots of orchids
leaves of members of the Piperaceae
Leaves of some tropical figs
/.Some plants secrete protective or other substances through modified epidermal cells
known as - Answer-glands
/.The characteristics of tracheids are - Answer-They have thick secondary cell walls
They are tapered at each end
They are dead at maturity
/.The main conductive cells in phloem are the cylindrical _____________ members.
Closely associated with them are the narrow, more tapered ____________ cells -
Answer-sieve tube
companion