Plant Growth and Differentiation (draft)

Plants have roots that take in water and nutrients from _____.

• stem

• soil

• sunlight

• air

What all plants need to grow?

• Air

• Rocks

• Darkness

• Hot temperatures

Growth in plants occur when

• stems lengthen

• roots lengthen

• increase in thickness

• growth fruit

The increase in length of the shoot and the root is

• primary growth

• secondary growth

• germination

• dormancy

The growth that results from cell division that causes the stems and roots to thicken is

• primary growth

• secondary growth

• germination

• dormancy

Which of the following involved in primary growth?

• Vascular cambium

• Cork cambium

• Apical meristem

• Embryo sac

Apical meristems can be found in

• The leaves

• The tips of the shoots and roots

• The xylem cells

• The epidermal cells

The process where meristematic cells become specialized is called

• cell differentiation

• cell derivation

• cell enlargement

• cell division

What type of vascular tissue is responsible for transporting the sugars made in photosynthesis from the leaves to the roots?

• Cuticle
• Phloem
• Stomata
• Xylem

Growth:

Increase in size, weight and number of cells

• True

• False