Stem Study Guide Answers
Introduction & Diagram Monocot Dicot
2. Functions Support leaves & flowers Transport water, minerals, & food Some also store excess food &/or photosynthesize
3. Herbaceous vs. Woody Stems Herbaceous - soft, green & can photosynthesize -examples: petunias, carnations Woody - hard & rigid with cork & vascular cambium -examples: conifers, perennial dicots
4. Stems & Food Storage Corms - short, thick underground stem with leaf scales (gladiolus) Tubers - swollen underground stem with buds (potato) Rhizomes - horizontal underground stems that store food (iris)
4. Stems & Food Storage
5. Benefit of food storage in stems Helps plant survive drought or cold and enable it to grow from year to year
6. Herbaceous stem - most abundant tissue Pith - lightweight space filler
7. Tissue in herbaceous dicots but NOT monocots? Cambium
8. Herbaceous Monocot vs. Dicot? Monocots have scattered vascular bundles whereas dicots have bundles arranged in a ring around the cambium
9. Woody Stem Diagram
10. Tree Cross Section & Aging
11. Cause of Annual Rings? Seasonal changes - springwood has many large vessels = light rings -summerwood (late in the season) has fewer, smaller vessels = dark rings
12. Heartwood vs. Sapwood Heartwood - clogged xylem at center of woody stem (non-functional) & darker due to resins, gums, & tannins Sapwood - lighter, functional xylem on outer edges of stem
12. Heartwood vs. Sapwood
13. Bark Tough, corky tissue that protects the stem from damage by insects & herbivores; also protects against water loss &
14. Bark Tissues Bark is composed of: -cork -cork cambium -cortex -phloem
15. Phloem Phloem can transport other substances besides sugar, such as hormones, amino acids, & viruses
True or False: Primary growth is growth in diameter. False; primary growth is growth in length
17. True or False: Buds for new leaves usually grow at the nodes
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