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NEET Questions / Botany / Anatomy of Flowering Plants / Secondary Growth
Cork is used as the stopper for bottles, for shock absorption and insulation because of
It is light and compressible
Non-reactive
Sufficiently resistant to fire
All of the above
Cork is used as the stopper for bottles, for shock absorption and insulation because of
It is light and compressible
Non-reactive
Sufficiently resistant to fire
All of the above
The merismatic tissue responsible for the cutting of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) is called
Cork cambium
Vascular cambium
Lateral meristem
Endodermis
The merismatic tissue responsible for the cutting of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) is called
Cork cambium
Vascular cambium
Lateral meristem
Endodermis
The growth of root and stem in length with the help of apical meristem is called …A…. Apart from primary growth most dicotyledonous plant exhibit an increase in girth called …B… Choose the correct combination of A, B and C in respect to the above paragraph
A-primary growth; B-secondary growth
A-secondary growth; B-primary growth
A-secondary growth; B-tertiary growth
A-primary growth; B-tertiary growth
Select the wrong statements
I. Primary and secondary phloem gets crushed during secondary growth
II. During secondary growth, primary xylem remains more or less intact
Only I
Only II
Both I and II
None of the statements are wrong
Select the wrong statements
I. Primary and secondary phloem gets crushed during secondary growth
II. During secondary growth, primary xylem remains more or less intact
Only I
Only II
Both I and II
None of the statements are wrong
The inner, darker and harder portion of secondary xylem that cannot conduct water, in an older dicot stem, is called
Alburnum
Bast
Wood
Duramen
