Types of Tissue
Forms the outermost covering of the plant?
Dermal Tissue
Lateral outgrowths are called?
Root hairs
The two components of vascular tissue are?
xylem and phloem
Soft and typically green
Herbaceous
Vascular tissue that runs through the leaf?
Veins
What is the covering of the plant called?
Epidermis
Hairlike or spikey outgrowths of epidermal tissue are?
Trichomes
Roots, stems and leaves
Woody stems
Needle like leaves are called
Sunken stomata
Dermal tissue is covered by?
Cuticle
What do you call the process of the epidermis breaking into a multi-layer?
Periderm or bark
Tap roots are common where?
In dicots such as dandelions
Single stems
Unbranched stems
What is flexible and can expand as the cell grows
Primary cell walls
Stomata
What do you call a spherical, elongated cells with a thin and flexible primary?
Parenchyma
Where are fibrous root systems located?
Have divisions and side stems
Branched stems
What is found in vascular plants?
Tracheids
Bean-shaped pair?
Guard Cells
What tough substance is the primary component of wood?
Sclerenchyma
Stem
What attaches the leaf to the stem?
Petiole
Sieve cells