What functions do stems serve?
Marilyn Nielson What functions do stems serve?
Complete the readings and watch the lectures. Then, check your learning with this worksheet.
Ch 10 section 10.1
The first plants had only _____________.
Ch 10 section 10.1
Xylem and phloem group together into
Ch 10 section 10.1
This waterproofing compound is decay resistant and found in the tracheids and vessel-elements of the xylem.
Ch 10 section 10.2
Primary xylem and phloem arise from _______________.
internodes
vascular cambium
cork cambium
apical meristems
Ch 10 section 10.2
Match the terms.
moves sugars from source to sink
sieve elements
connected to sieve elements through plasmodesmata
companion cells
movement around the outside of a cell
phloem
connect companion cells and sieve elements
xylem
part of the phloem, alive - but without a nucleus
plasmodesmata
the process that moves sugars through the phloem
symplastic
composed of tracheids and vessel elements
apoplastic
transport between cells through plasmodesmata
pressure flow
Ch 10 section 10.2
Why does phloem need to be adjacent to xylem?
Ch 10 section 10.2
Describe the process whereby xylem transports water and minerals.
Ch 10 section 10.2
Xylem is...
Ch 10 section 10.2
Water moves up the xylem because of ___________.
Ch 10 section 10.2
Secondary meristems include
Ch 10 section 10.2
Wood is made of ___________.
Ch 10 section 10.2
The periderm includes the
cork, cork cambium, and associated parenchyma
bark and exterior xylem
secondary phloem and cork cambium
none of the above
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