Question

Plants grow in two very different ways. Each type of growth is accomplished by specific types of cells, in specific areas of the plant, and for specific purposes.

Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Terms may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

1. ____________ is the method by which roots and shoots are elongated in all vascular plants.
2. ___________ is the method by which woody plants grow in thickness.
3. ____________ is accomplished by two cylinders of dividing cells called ________ meristems.
4. _____________ is accomplished by groups of undifferentiated cells at the tips of the roots and shoots called _________ meristems.
5. The majority of growth in width is due to increases in the number of cells added by the _______ cambium.

Answer 1

1. primary growth

2. secondary growth.

3. Secondary Growth. Lateral meristems.

4. Primary Growth. Apical meristems.

5. Plural cambium

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