Meristem

What is the name of stem cells in plants?

• Meristems
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• DNA

Why do plant cells need mitosis?

• Cell growth

• To replace damaged cells

• Both reasons

• Neither

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Before a plant cell can divide, what must happen?

• Nothing, it is always ready to divide

• The number of chromosomes must be cut in half

• The number of chromosomes must double

• The number of chromosomes must triple.

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What is the name of an unspecialised cell that can divide and develop into specialised cells?

• Meristem
• Meiosis
• Mitosis
• Stem cell

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Apical meristems can be found in

• The leaves

• The tips of the shoots and roots

• The xylem cells

• The epidermal cells

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Which of the following not the characteristics of permanent tissues?

• Mature tissues that are undergoing differentiation

• Matured tissues which are already differentiated

• Tissues that are actively dividing to produce new cells for growth

• Tissues that are categorised into epidermal tissue, ground tissue and vascular tissue

A region of plant cells that are capable of dividing and developing into specialized plant tissues.

• Phloem
• Stomata
• Tropism
• Meristems

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Primary growth is the result of growth of cells made by the ..

• cork cambium.

• vascular cambium.

• primary xylem.

• apical meristems.

What is meristematic tissue AND where is it found?

• undifferentiated tissue; throughout entire plant.
• undifferentiated tissue; in apical and lateral meristems.
• differentiated tissue, throughout plant
• differentiated tissue; in apical and lateral meristems

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Which tissue allows plants to develop wider stems and roots?

• phloem
• xylem
• Lateral meristems
• apical meristems