Section 24-1 Quiz The Vascular Plant Body
- 1.What does the dermal tissue system do?
- A.
Performs photosynthesis
- B.
Serves as a protective outer layer
- C.
Conducts water, mineral nutrients, and carbohydrates made by photosynthesis
- D.
Makes food
- 2.What does the ground tissue system do?
- A.
Performs photosynthesis, stores water and carbohydrates, assists in transport, and surrounds and supports the conducting tissues
- B.
Conducts water, mineral nutrients, and carbohydrates made by photosynthesis
- C.
Makes food
- D.
Keeps in moisture
- 3.What does the vascular tissue system do?
- A.
Serves as a protective outer layer
- B.
Performs mitosis
- C.
Performs photosynthesis, stores water and carbohydrates made by photosynthesis
- D.
Conducts water, mineral nutrients, and carbohydrates, assists in transport, and surrounds the conducting tissues
- 4.What is the epidermis of a plant?
- A.
The second type of xylem cells
- B.
The outer covering
- C.
Conducting cells
- D.
A series of vessel elements
- 5.What are tracheids?
- A.
A series of vessel elements
- B.
Second type of xylem cells that develop large perforations in their ends that enable water to flow more quickly between the elements
- C.
Narrow, elongated thick-walled cells that are tapered at each end in which water flows through pits in their cell walls
- D.
Cells that contain organelles and a nucleus
- 6.What are vessel elements?
- A.
Second type of xylem cells that develop large perforations in their ends that enable water to flow more quickly between the elements
- B.
Outer coverings of plants
- C.
Attaches the blade to the stem
- D.
Elements that contain both xylem and phloem
- 7.What are sieve tube members
- A.
The conducting cells in xylem
- B.
Cell that contain both organelles and a nucleus
- C.
The conducting cells in phloem
- D.
Cells that contain neither organelles or nucleuses
- 8.What is a sieve tube
- A.
A series of sieve tube members
- B.
Conducting cells of phloem
- C.
Conducting cells of xylem
- D.
A series of companion cells in the shape of a tube
- 9.What is a companion cell
- A.
Cells that carry out key metabolic functions for sieve tube members
- B.
Cells that distribute water throughout the plants vascular system
- C.
Cells that border stomata
- D.
Cells perform photosynthesis
- 10.What is mesophyll
- A.
Areas of a stem between nodes
- B.
Spherical cells that are loosely packed
- C.
The ground tissue in a leaf
- D.
Places where leaves attach to a stem
- 11.What is a terminal bud
- A.
Inner layers of ground tissue
- B.
The bud at the tip of a stem
- C.
Buds that grow into the branches of the stem
- D.
Soft green buds
- 12.What is the cortex
- A.
The outer layers of ground tissue in a stem
- B.
The inner layers of the pith
- C.
Third layers of the pith
- D.
Second layers of the ground tissue in a stem
- 13.What is pith
- A.
The outer layers of ground tissue of a stem
- B.
The inner layers of ground tissue in a stem
- C.
Cell that contains both xylem and phloem
- D.
Places where leaves attach to a stem
- 14.What are lenticels
- A.
The cells of phloem
- B.
Actively growing tips of roots
- C.
Waxy outer coverings of plants
- D.
Tiny openings in loosely organized groups of cork cells
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