Friday, December 6, 2013

More Plants! Warm up 2


Compare growth due to apical and lateral meristems in dicots

Growth in plants is brought about initially with cell division at the apical and lateral meristem.

Observation of shoot/root tips with light microscope reveals regions with cell in the various stages of mitosis. (Cell division, reproduction)  

This growth process adds length to the stem or root

Secondary growth added by the Lateral meristem has two types

1.       Vascular cambium that produces secondary xylem and phloem

2.       Cork cambium produces some of the bark layer of the stem

Explain the role of Auxin in phototropism

If light is scares because an area is crowded with plants or for some other reason, a plant needs to grow towards the light so it can get as much of it as possible.

Auxins are plant hormones that cause positive phototropism of the plant shoot and seedings

Explain how water us carried by transpiration stream, including the structure if xylem vessels, traspirational pull, cohesion, adhesion and evaporation

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