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Vascular Tissues: Phloem

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

P-protein appears to function in:
A)The movement of assimilates (sugars) throughout the sieve tube.
B)Conveying information from the companion cell to the sieve element.
C)Providing a site for the accumulation of callose.
D)Plugging sieve plates upon mechanical damage.
E)Enzymatic activities.
2

Gymnosperms typically possess:
A)Sieve tube elements.
B)Sieve cells.
C)Companion cells.
D)Both sieve tube elements and companion cells.
E)Sieve cells with bordered pits.
3

In woody plants, primary phloem:
A)Is organized into annual rings.
B)Replaces secondary phloem.
C)Possesses axial rays.
D)Is derived from the vascular cambium.
E)Is eventually crushed.
4

Upon maturity, sieve tube elements are missing:
A)Nuclei.
B)Cytoplasm.
C)P-protein.
D)Callose.
E)Sieve pores.
5

In the functional, bicollateral vascular bundles of cucurbits, the phloem is:
A)Surrounded by sclerified fibers.
B)Almost all primary.
C)Almost all secondary.
D)All derived from procambium.
E)All derived from ground meristem.
6

Caps of P-protein are found:
A)Throughout the sieve tube elements.
B)At the top of a sieve element next to the sieve plate.
C)At the bottom of a sieve element next to the sieve plate.
D)Only at lateral sieve areas.
E)In sieve cells, not sieve tube elements.
7

Albuminous cells:
A)Are primarily found in dicots.
B)Are primarily found in monocots.
C)Are derived from the same mother cell as a sieve cell.
D)Are positioned on the radial axis.
E)Directly move sugars and protein in gymnosperms.
8

Sieve pores originate from:
A)Callose deposits.
B)Plasmodesmata.
C)Microtubules.
D)Sieve plates.
E)Companion cells.
9

Which is never found in phloem?
A)Secretory ducts
B)Fibers
C)Sclereids
D)Parenchyma cells
E)Torus and margo
10

Active sieve tube members that conduct assimilates may have:
A)Ribosomes.
B)Central vacuole.
C)Golgi system.
D)Endoplasmic reticulum.
E)Tonoplast.