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Woody Stem
Herbaceous Stem
Stem Diversity
Parts of a Stem
Name the stem
100
This type of growth distinguishes a herbaceous stem from a woody stem.
What is secondary growth?
100
The outside of a herbaceous stem feels this because of the cuticle on the outside.
What is smooth/waxy/anything along those lines?
100
Above ground horizontal stems are known as runners, or this.
What are stolons?
100
A vascular bundle consists of xylem, vascular bundle, and this.
What is phloem?
100
An oak tree has this type of stem
What is woody?
200
Wood is secondary this.
What is xylem?
200
The two main types of herbaceous stems are these.
What are monocot and eudicot?
200
These are underground, bulbous stems.
What are corms?
200
The leaf primordia mark the location of these.
What are nodes?
200
A corn has this type of stem
What is herbaceous?
300
You can tell the age of a tree by counting its these.
What are annual rings?
300
In the vascular bundles in a herbaceous stem, this is usually located on the inside
What is xylem?
300
These stems lies dormant during the winter.
What are corms and rhizomes?
300
You can tell the this of a stem by counting the groups of bud scars.
What is age?
300
A grape stem is this type.
What is stolon?
400
During secondary growth, the epidermis is replaced with this.
What is the periderm?
400
Vascular bundles are scattered in this type of stem.
What is monocot?
400
This is one way humans use stems.
What is table sugar/paper? (either acceptable)
400
The three primary meristems include the protoderm, ground meristem, and this.
What is the procambium?
400
An iris has this stem. (Hint: its stem is underground)
What is rhizome?
500
This kind of wood has a lower proportion of vessels.
What is summer wood?
500
The cortex in a herbaceous eudicot stem sometimes carries on this.
What is photosynthesis?
500
Rhizomes are able to survive the winter because of these.
What are tubers?
500
The shoot apical meristem causes this kind of growth.
What is primary growth?
500
The potatoes are considered the this of the plant.
What are tubers?