Plant Form And Function Quiz
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Using your readings from Ch. 35 and our discussions in class, answer the following multiple choice questions. You will have 10 minutes to complete the quiz.
- 1.Which of the following is incorrect? Monocots typically have
- A.
A taproot rather than a fibrous root
- B.
Leaves with parallel veins rather than branching venation
- C.
No secondary growth
- D.
Scattered vascular bundles in the stem rather than bundles in a ring
- E.
Pith in the center of the vascular stele in the root
- 2.Ground meristem
- A.
Produces the root system
- B.
Produces the ground tissue system
- C.
Produces secondary growth
- D.
Is meristematic tissue found at the nodes in monocots
- E.
Develops from protoderm
- 3.The zone of elongation
- A.
Is responsible for pushing a root through the soil
- B.
Has a quiescent center that can undergo mitosis should the apical meristem be destroyed
- C.
Produces protoderm, procambium, and ground meristem tissues
- D.
Is further rom the root tip than the zone of maturation
- E.
Is or does all of the above
- 4.Which of the following is incorrectly paire with its type of life cycle?
- A.
Pine tree - perennial
- B.
Rose bush - perennial
- C.
Carrot - biennial
- D.
Marigold - annual
- E.
Wheat - biennial
- 5.Secondary xylem and phloem is produced in the root by the
- A.
Pericycle
- B.
Endodermis
- C.
Vascular cambium
- D.
Apical meristem
- E.
Ray initial
- 6.Bark consists of
- A.
Secondary phloem
- B.
Periderm
- C.
Cork cells
- D.
Cork cambium
- E.
All of the above
- 7.Sieve-tube members
- A.
Are responsible for lateral transport through a woody stem
- B.
Control the activities of phloem cells that have no nuclei or ribosomes
- C.
Have sprial thickenings that allow the cell to grow along with a young shoot
- D.
Are vascular cells with sieve plates in the end walls between cells
- E.
Are tapered water transport cells with pits
- 8.Which of the following cells are dead at functional maturity?
- A.
Tracheids
- B.
Cork cells
- C.
Vessel elements
- D.
Sclerenchyma cells
- E.
All of the above
- 9.Axillary buds
- A.
May exhibit apical dominance over teh terminal bud
- B.
Form at nodes in the angle where leaves join the stem
- C.
Grow out from the pericycle layer
- D.
Are formed from intercalary meristems
- E.
Only develop into vegetative shoots
- 10.Which of the following is incorrectly paired with its function?
- A.
Ray initials - form radial xylem and phloem rays
- B.
Lenticel - spongy area for gas exchange in woody stems
- C.
Root hairs - absorption of water and dissolved minerals
- D.
Root cap - protects root as it pushes through soil
- E.
Procambium - meristematic tissue that forms protective layer of cork
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