Question

External protective tissues of plants are

• A. Cortex and Epidermis
• B. Pericycle and Cortex
• C. Epidermis and Cork
• D. Pericycle and Cork

Answer 1

The correct option is C Epidermis and Cork

Epidermis acts as the protective layer of the plant in the primary stage and forms the outer covering but as the secondary growth increases and girth of the tree increase the outer cortical and epidermis starts broken and another meristematic tissue cork cambium or phellogen develop and phelloderm develop at the inner side and their combination called periderm replace epidermis

So the correct answer is 'Epidermis and Cork'