Botany – Root System Questions with Verified Answers | Anatomy, Functions, and Specialized Root Types

Botany: roots questions with verified answers
benefits of tap root? Ans✓✓✓drought resistance because they can reach
deep water,
storage


cambium Ans✓✓✓tissue that produced growth of new vascular tissue
increases the diameter of stems and roots


cortex Ans✓✓✓cells involved in moving water from the epidermis to
the vascular tissue in storing food


endodermis Ans✓✓✓single layer of cells that form the boundary
between the cortex and the vascular tissue


pericycle Ans✓✓✓layer just inside the endomeris has the capacity to
divide and form new roots


phloem Ans✓✓✓tissues that move food/sugars through a plant


vascular tissue Ans✓✓✓located in the center of the root transports food
and water


what are adventitious roots? Ans✓✓✓roots that originate from the stem
or leaf tissue rather than from another root