Textbook QuestionCreate a diagram or concept map that shows the relationships between the following: root system, root hairs, shoot system, leaves, petioles, blades, stems, nodes, internodes, flowers.455views
Textbook QuestionThe root pericycle is the site where (A) secondary growth originates. (B) root hairs originate. (C) lateral roots originate. (D) the endodermis originates900views
Textbook QuestionRoot apical meristems are found (A) only in taproots. (B) only in lateral roots. (C) only in adventitious roots. (D) in all roots972views
Textbook QuestionA strawberry plant mutant that fails to make stolons would suffer from (A) too little mineral absorption. (B) a tendency to topple over. (C) too little water absorption. (D) a reduction in asexual reproduction833views
Multiple ChoiceLeaves occur at intervals along the plant stem. What is the region where a leaf is attached to the stem? 565views
Multiple ChoiceThe shoot system of a prickly pear cactus consists of broad paddle-like structures covered with clusters of spines. The spines are modified leaves, so the flat green paddles must be modified versions of what structure? 855views
Multiple ChoiceA cross section of a plant part exposes epidermis, a thick cortex, and a central cylinder of xylem and phloem. This part is a __________. 813views
Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is closest to the center of a buttercup (eudicot) root? 491views
Multiple ChoiceIn most leaves, chloroplast-containing cells are most closely compacted in the __________. 580views
Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the correct arrangement of structures from the inside to the outside of a leaf blade? 472views