Biology
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ISBN: 9781260494570
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 35, Problem 1S
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To determine:
The unfamiliar vegetable is a root or a stem based on its external features and a microscopic examination of its cross section.
Introduction:
The roots helps the plant to anchorage it into the soil. It helps in the absorption of water and minerals from the soil. Stems support leaves to maximize the light absorption part and helps in conduction of the water and minerals across the plant.
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If you were given an unfamiliar vegetable, how could you tell if it was a root or a stem, based on its external features and a microscopic examination of its cross section?
Someone gives you a plant structure that was found growing in the soil and asks you to determine whether it is root or an underground stem. How would you identify the plant part without a microscope? With a microscope?
While exploring a forest, you come upon a plant that you haven't seen before. You dig it up and take it back to your lab for further inspection. Back at the lab, you observe the characteristic structure of the plant and make some notes. Then, you carefully dissect the stems and leaves and look at the tissue under the microscope. Finally, you are able to determine the type of plant it is.
Use the notes below to identify the class to which this plant belongs.
Notes on physical characteristics of the specimen:
the plant has no leaves or roots, but has hair-like rhizomes which anchors it in the soil
the stems are highly branched
sporangia are present at the ends of each stem
dissection of the stem shows the presence of vascular tissue in the form of a xylem and phloem
Chapter 35 Solutions
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Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 35.2 - Name the three cell types found in ground tissue...Ch. 35.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35.3 - Describe functions of modified roots.Ch. 35.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.4 - Prob. 2LO
Ch. 35.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 35.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 35.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 35 - Prob. 1DACh. 35 - Prob. 1IQCh. 35 - Which cells lack living protoplasts at maturity?...Ch. 35 - Prob. 2UCh. 35 - Prob. 3UCh. 35 - Prob. 4UCh. 35 - Prob. 5UCh. 35 - Prob. 6UCh. 35 - The function of guard cells is to a. allow carbon...Ch. 35 - Palisade and spongy parenchyma are typically found...Ch. 35 - Prob. 9UCh. 35 - Prob. 10UCh. 35 - Prob. 11UCh. 35 - Prob. 1ACh. 35 - Prob. 2ACh. 35 - If you were to relocate the pericycle of a plant...Ch. 35 - Prob. 4ACh. 35 - Prob. 5ACh. 35 - Prob. 6ACh. 35 - Prob. 7ACh. 35 - Prob. 8ACh. 35 - Which is the correct sequence of cell types...Ch. 35 - Prob. 10ACh. 35 - Prob. 1SCh. 35 - Prob. 2SCh. 35 - Prob. 3SCh. 35 - Prob. 4SCh. 35 - Increasing human population on the planet is...
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