Botany - Stems and buds

Question 1

The growing tip of a stem or root, from which new stems, leaves, flowers, or roots are produces by primary growth

Answer 1

Apical meristem

Question 2

Scale-covered buds that are borne laterally on the stem in the axils of the leaves and produce new flowers, leaves or branches from a meristem

Answer 2

Axillary buds

Question 3

The scar visible on the stem of a woody plant where a previous season’s terminal bud scales attached

Answer 3

Bud scale scar

Question 4

The scar visible on the stem where a leaf was attached

Answer 4

Leaf scar

Question 5

Pore on the surface of the stem that allows oxygen into the stem

Answer 5

Lenticel

Question 6

The cells that transport water and sugar from leaves to the rest of the plant

Answer 6

Phloem

Question 7

The central portion of the stem, inside the ring of xylem

Answer 7

Pith

Question 8

Hairs or fuzz found on various plant parts

Answer 8

Pubescence

Question 9

Buds at the tips of stems, responsible for primary growth

Answer 9

Terminal buds

Question 10

The cells that transport water and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the plant

Answer 10

Xylem