Question

Answer the following questions in short.

1. Which ground tissue are you eating when you eat mashed potatoes?
2. Which ground tissue makes the shell of a groundnut hard?

Answer 1

1. The ground tissue we eat when we eat a potato is parenchyma as it is modified to store food in the stem.
2. Sclerenchyma is mainly responsible for the formation of the protective layer of a seed. Hence, it makes the shell of a groundnut.