Question

As plants grow, stems and branches thicken or increase in girth. This thickening is a result of cells in the vascular cambium. Vascular cambium can develop into either xylem or phloem tissue within a plant. Because of this unique ability, we would expect vascular cambium cells to have all but one of these characteristics. A) relatively undifferentiated B) simple, typical plant cells C) woody, re-inforced cell walls D) able to undergo cellular division

Answer 1

The correct answer option is C) woody, re-inforced cell walls.

Step-by-step explanation:

When plants grow, its stems and branches thicken due to the cells in the vascular cambium. This vascular cambium can develop into either xylem or phloem tissue within a plant.

So from the given options, woody, re-inforced cell walls is that one characteristic that we would not expect vascular cambium to have.

Rather the cambium is expected to be simple, having undifferentiated cells that are capable of undergoing rapid cell division.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option C, that is, woody, reinforced cell walls.

The prime layer of growth in the roots and stems of various plants, mainly in dicots like oak trees and buttercups, and gymnosperms like pine trees is known as vascular cambium. It generates phloem on the outside and xylem on the inside.

The vascular cambium thickens stems or branches and increases their girth. Thus, due to their unique tendency, one would expect vascular cambium to be simple, undifferentiated cells, which possesses the tendency of rapid cell differentiation, but would not expect them to have woody, re-inforced cell walls.