Plant Meristematic Tissues
Learn about meristematic tissues in plants, their types, characteristics, and functions in growth and development.
Questions
Which is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels
- Lymphatic Tissue
- Epithelial Tissue
- Cornea
- Connective
Which of the following is not a type of meristematic tissue?
- Apical
- Parenchyma
- Lateral
- Intercalary
- None of these
Which of the following is not a characteristic of meristematic tissue?
- Its component cells are small, spherical or polygonal and undifferentiated.
- Intercellular spaces are absent.
- Cell wall of its cells is thin and elastic.
- A large central vacuole occurs in living permanent cells.
- Its cells grow and divide regularly.
Meristematic tissues
- have power of cell division
- lack power of cell division
- are highly differentiated cells
- none of the above
Which of the following statements is/are true regarding meristematic tissue?
P. Meristematic tissue cells have retaining ability.
Q. Meristematic tissue cells are isodimetric and have bigger vacuoles than permanent tissue cells.
R. The rate of respiration in meristematic tissue cells is low.
- Only P
- Only Q
- Only R
- P and Q
- Q and R
Meristematic tissues are distinguished by which of the following features?
- They have power of cell division.
- They lack power of cell division.
- They are highly differentiated cells.
- They are lignified.
Which of the following statements regarding the meristematic tissues is false?
- They have dense cytoplasm.
- They have big vacuoles.
- Lateral meristem is responsible for growth in the girth.
- They are of three types.
- None of these
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Meristematic cells divide continuously.
b. The cells of meristematic tissues have thin walls and change shape continuously.
c. They are present only at the growing regions of the plant.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and c
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements about permanent tissues is/are correct?
a. Plant permanent tissues are produced by meristematic tissues.
b. They have a vacuolated cytoplasm.
c. Permanent tissues are living tissues.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- b only
Which of the following belong to the category of meristematic tissue??
a. Lateral tissue
b. Parenchyma tissue
c. Intercalary tissue
d. Collenchyma tissue
- Only a and b
- Only b and c
- Only a and c
- Only b and d
- Only a and d
Which type of meristematic tissue is responsible for the secondary growth in plants?
- Apical meristem
- Lateral meristem
- Intercalary meristem
- All of the above