Chapter 27 - Plant Tissues
Multiple Choice1.Which statement does not apply to carbon dioxide?
a. / It is released in the burning of fossil fuels.
b. / It contributes to ozone destruction.
c. / It is absorbed by plants.
d. / It contributes to global warming.
e. / It is increasing in abundance in the atmosphere.
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.1 Carbon Sequestration
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.1 - Examine the importance of carbon sequestration.
2.Funds from carbon offsets, which are purchased by companies and individuals, are used for many purposes. What is one of these?
a. / replanting deforested areas
b. / burning large expanses of rainforests
c. / decreasing plant density in existing forests
d. / clear-cutting old growth forests
e. / converting forests to cropland
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.1 Carbon Sequestration
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.1 - Examine the importance of carbon sequestration.
3.What types of plants dominate the plant kingdom?
a. / eudicots
b. / monocots
c. / trees
d. / flowering plants
e. / grasses
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
4.What are the two organ systems of a vascular plant body?
a. / shoots and roots
b. / stems and leaves
c. / stems and roots
d. / leaves and roots
e. / leaves and flowers
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
5.What are leaves specialized to do?
a. / provide structural support
b. / intercept sunlight for photosynthesis
c. / absorb water
d. / absorb minerals
e. / distribute water and minerals
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
6.Which component distributes water and nutrients throughout the plant body?
a. / ground tissue
b. / vascular tissue
c. / dermal tissue
d. / root
e. / shoot
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
7.One way in which monocots and eudicots differ is in ____.
a. / having the capacity to bear seeds
b. / their types of tissues
c. / their organ systems
d. / their pattern of tissue organization
e. / having vascular bundles
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Analyze
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
8.Most of the plant body is composed of ____.
a. / dermal tissue
b. / root tissue
c. / ground tissue
d. / vascular tissue
e. / cork tissue
ANSWER: / c
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
Figure 27.3B
Use the figure above to answer the following two questions.
9.The letter "A" in the accompanying figure represents the ____ plane.
a. / transverse
b. / radial
c. / tangential
d. / elliptical
e. / obtuse
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.3B
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
10.The letter "C" in the accompanying figure represents the ____ plane.
a. / transverse
b. / radial
c. / tangential
d. / elliptical
e. / obtuse
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: / 27.2 The Plant Body
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.3B
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.2 - Outline the internal and external components of a plant using diagrams.
11.Complex tissues are tissues consisting of ____.
a. / two or more cell types
b. / only one cell type
c. / only parenchyma cells
d. / only collenchyma cells
e. / only sclerenchyma cells
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
12.Chloroplast-containing parenchyma tissue is called ____.
a. / sclerenchyma
b. / collenchyma
c. / meristem
d. / mesophyll
e. / periderm
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
Figure 27.5
Use the figure above to answer the following two questions.
13.The letter "A" in the accompanying figure represents ____.
a. / sclerenchyma fibers
b. / parenchyma
c. / xylem
d. / epidermis
e. / phloem
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.5
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
14.The letter "B" in the accompanying figure represents ____.
a. / sclerenchyma fibers
b. / parenchyma
c. / xylem
d. / epidermis
e. / phloem
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.5
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
15.The complex polysaccharide that provides flexibility to the primary walls of collenchyma cells is called ____.
a. / cellulose
b. / lignin
c. / fiber
d. / pectin
e. / cuticle
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
16.Which cells are alive at maturity?
a. / sieve elements
b. / vessel members
c. / tracheids
d. / vessel members and tracheids
e. / sieve elements and vessel members
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
17.Plants control the diffusion of water vapor and gases across the epidermis by means of ____.
a. / xylem
b. / phloem
c. / periderm
d. / companion cells
e. / stomata
ANSWER: / e
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
18.The vascular tissue that conducts water and mineral ions is called ____.
a. / sieve elements
b. / companion cells
c. / sclerenchyma
d. / xylem
e. / phloem
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.3 Plant Tissues
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.3 - Examine the structure and function of different plant tissues using examples.
19.Regions of a stem that give rise to new shoots or roots are called ____.
a. / ground tissue
b. / dermal tissue
c. / cortex cells
d. / internodes
e. / nodes
ANSWER: / e
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.4 Stems
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.10 - Examine the different types of specializations of plant stem using examples.
20.____ are short sections of underground stem encased by overlapping layers of thickened, modified leaves called scales.
a. / Stolons
b. / Rhizomes
c. / Bulbs
d. / Corms
e. / Tubers
ANSWER: / c
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.4 Stems
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.10 - Examine the different types of specializations of plant stem using examples.
21.Runners are modified stems that resemble roots and are also known as ____.
a. / stolons
b. / rhizomes
c. / bulbs
d. / corms
e. / Tubers
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.4 Stems
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.10 - Examine the different types of specializations of plant stem using examples.
Figure 27.13
22.The accompanying figure shows a cross-section through the vascular cylinder of a(n) ____.
a. / monocot stem
b. / eudicot stem
c. / monocot root
d. / eudicot root
e. / eudicot leaf vein
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.13
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
23.In most eudicots, a short stalk called a ____ attaches the leaf to a stem.
a. / vascular bundle
b. / petiole
c. / node
d. / bundle sheath
e. / stomata
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.5 Leaves
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.6 - Examine the structure of a leaf using a diagram.
Figure 27.8A
24.Figure "A" in the accompanying figure is a ____.
a. / cotyledon
b. / cladode
c. / corm
d. / eudicot leaf
e. / monocot leaf
ANSWER: / e
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.5 Leaves
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.8A
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.6 - Examine the structure of a leaf using a diagram.
25.What are leaf veins?
a. / vascular bundles of leaves
b. / photosynthetic cells of leaves
c. / sclerenchyma cells of leaves
d. / palisade mesophyll of leaves
e. / spongy mesophyll of leaves
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.5 Leaves
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.6 - Examine the structure of a leaf using a diagram.
26.Epidermal cells secrete a translucent, waxy ____ to slow water loss.
a. / mesophyll
b. / cuticle
c. / pectin layer
d. / lignin layer
e. / trichome
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.5 Leaves
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.6 - Examine the structure of a leaf using a diagram.
27.Roots that form on stems or leaves are called ____.
a. / taproots
b. / fibrous
c. / adventitious
d. / primary
e. / secondary
ANSWER: / c
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
28.In most eudicots, the primary root that emerges from a seed thickens and grows longer to become a(n) ____.
a. / taproot
b. / fibrous root system
c. / secondary root
d. / adventitious root
e. / lateral root
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
29.Which structure gives rise to lateral roots?
a. / endodermis
b. / cortex
c. / epidermis
d. / pericycle
e. / pith
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
Figure 27.13B
Use the figure above to answer the following two questions.
30.The letter "B" in the accompanying figure represents ____.
a. / pericycle
b. / endodermis
c. / xylem
d. / root cortex
e. / phloem
ANSWER: / e
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.13B
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
31.The letter "A" in the accompanying figure represents ____.
a. / pericycle
b. / endodermis
c. / primary xylem
d. / root cortex
e. / primary phloem
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Apply
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
PREFACENAME: / Figure 27.13B
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
32.The outer boundary of a root’s vascular cylinder is a layer of cells called ____.
a. / pericycle
b. / cortex
c. / epidermis
d. / stele
e. / endodermis
ANSWER: / e
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.6 Roots
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.7 - Examine the structure of a plant root.
33.A mass of ____ lies just below the surface of a terminal bud of an actively lengthening shoot.
a. / ground tissue
b. / dermal tissue
c. / vascular tissue
d. / apical meristem
e. / cortex cells
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.7 Primary Growth
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.5 - Examine the impact of the apical meristems on plant growth.
34.Division and differentiation of ground meristem gives rise to ____.
a. / ground tissue
b. / vascular tissue
c. / dermal tissue
d. / protoderm
e. / procambium
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.7 Primary Growth
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.5 - Examine the impact of the apical meristems on plant growth.
35.Primary growth in roots originates from ____.
a. / dermal cells
b. / vascular cells
c. / apical meristems
d. / lateral meristems
e. / the pericycle
ANSWER: / c
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.7 Primary Growth
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.5 - Examine the impact of the apical meristems on plant growth.
36.What is periderm?
a. / special epidermal cells that regulate gas exchange
b. / outer layer of the vascular cylinder in a plant root
c. / layers of cells just inside root endodermis
d. / dermal tissue that replaces epidermis on the surfaces of older stems and roots
e. / tissue that consists of densely packed dead cells with thickened, waxy walls
ANSWER: / d
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.8 Secondary Growth
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.8 - Outline the process of secondary growth in plants using diagrams and examples.
37.Cylindrical layers of meristem that run lengthwise through shoots and roots, and allow for thickening, are called ____.
a. / lateral meristems
b. / apical meristems
c. / ground meristem
d. / Procambium
e. / Protoderm
ANSWER: / a
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.8 Secondary Growth
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.8 - Outline the process of secondary growth in plants using diagrams and examples.
38.What is wood?
a. / secondary xylem that has accumulated outside a cylinder of vascular cambium
b. / secondary xylem that has accumulated inside a cylinder of vascular cambium
c. / primary xylem that has accumulated outside a cylinder of vascular cambium
d. / primary xylem that has accumulated inside a cylinder of vascular cambium
e. / vascular cambium cells
ANSWER: / b
DIFFICULTY: / Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: / 27.8 Secondary Growth
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: / UDOL.STES.16.27.8 - Outline the process of secondary growth in plants using diagrams and examples.
39.Which environment is most likely to produce trees without annual rings?