Question

Deepa was shown two slides of plant tissues. She was told one contained parenchyma cells, while the other slide had sclerenchyma cells. How can she identify the slide having sclerenchyma cells?

• A. Location of nucleus
• B. Size of cells
• C. Thickness of cell walls
• D. position of vacuoles

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Thickness of cell walls

Sclerenchyma is dead simple permanent tissue in plants. The walls of sclerenchyma cells are thick due to the deposition of a complex sugar called lignin. Parenchyma tissue is a living tissue with isodiametric and thin-walled cells. So, the slide showing cells with thin cell walls contain parenchyma and the slide with cells having thick cell walls can be identified as sclerenchyma cells.