Chapter 3 Review Questions

9. In vascular plants, one difference between root and shoot systems is that...

root systems contain pronounced zones of cell elongation, whereas shoot systems do not.

8. Palisade and spongy parenchyma are typically found in the mesophyll of...

Eudicots

3. Root hairs form in the zone of...

Maturation

5. Which statement about meristem cells is incorrect?

Meristem cells have secondary cell walls for protection.

1. Which cells lack living protoplasts at maturity?

Sclerenchyma

7. The function of guard cells is to...

Allow carbon dioxide uptake

4. Roots differ from stems because roots lack...

Nodes

11. Which of the following plant cell type is mismatched to its function?

Collenchyma—performs photosynthesis

6. Unlike eudicot stems, monocot stems lack...

Pith

0. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the stems of vascular plants?

Primary growth only occurs at the shoot apical meristem.

2. The food-conducting cells in an oak tree are called

sieve-tube members.