Arborist Certification Test Prep (Graded A+ Already)

meristems correct answers site of rapid cell division in the shoot tips, root tips, and cambium: apical correct answers meristems located at the end of the shoots are called primary, or _________________ meristems apical dominance correct answers the tendency for terminal buds to inhibit the growth of lateral buds is called ________________ leaves correct answers the food factories of trees are the ______________ photosynthesis correct answers the process of ______________ combines carbon dioxide and water in a reaction driven by light to produce sugars...also produces oxygen chlorophyll correct answers the green color of leaves is created by the presence of _____________, which is necessary for photosynth to take place transpiration correct answers the loss of water vapor from leaves stomata correct answers the opening and closing of _____________ allow for gas exchange guard cells correct answers transpiration is controlled by ___________ xylem correct answers water and dissolved essential minerals are transported within the tree in the ______________ phloem correct answers carbohydrates are conducted through the tree in the ____________ cambium correct answers the ____________ is a layer of meristematic cells located between the phloem and xylem branch collar correct answers the _____________ _______________ is formed when trunk tissue grows around branch tissues. branch bark ridge correct answers as branch and trunk tissues expand against each other int he branch union, the ______________ _______________ _____________is formed bark correct answers ______________ protects the branches and trunk of a tree from mechanical injury and desiccation osmosis correct answers water enters young roots or mycorrhizal roots in part, by a process called _____________