Biol 186 UVIC Final Exam Study Guide
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xylem - Answer In plants, __________ conducts water and dissolved minerals upward
from roots into the shoots (like how water moves through a drinking straw)
phloem - Answer In plants, __________ transports sugars from where they are made to
where they are needed
protects and releases polysaccharides so the root can push through the soil easier
- Answer What is the function of a root cap?
zone of differentiation - Answer Where can you only find root hairs?
apical meristem - Answer IF the _______ __________ of a plant is cut off, it is no longer
able to grow.
collenchyma - Answer -alive at maturity
-unevenly thickened primary cell walls
-elongated
-flexible and elastic
ie. celery
, sclerenchyma - Answer -thin primary cell wall and a very thick secondary cell wall
made up of polymerized lignin
-dead at maturity
-inflexible and inelastic
ie. sunflower seeds
parenchyma - Answer -alive at maturity
-surrounded by a thin and flexible primary cell wall
- has a specialized function = aeration of roots in
water ie. grapes
monocot - Answer Is this a cross section of a monocot or eudicot?
eudicot - Answer Is this a cross section of a monocot or eudicot?
guard cells - Answer What regulates the opening and closing of the stoma?
lengthening roots and shoots - Answer What is primary growth (in plants) responsible
for?
increasing diameter of stems and roots in woody plants - Answer What is secondary
growth (in plants) responsible for?
A - Answer Choose the option that best describes the relationship between the cell
wall thickness of parenchyma cells versus sclerenchyma cells.
A) The cell walls of parenchyma cells are thinner than those of sclerenchyma cells.
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