Question

Meristematic tissues include

• A. Mature fruits and leaf tips.
• B. Stems and root apices, vascular cambium and cork cambium.
• C. Stems and root apices, cork cambium, and mature fruits.
• D. Leaf tips, cork cambium, and vascular cambium.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Stems and root apices, vascular cambium and cork cambium.

The correct option is B. Stems and root apices, vascular cambium, and cork cambium.

Explanation for correct option:

1. The cells of meristematic tissue have the capacity to divide.
2. The meristematic tissues or meristems are found in growing parts of the plant, such as the apices of roots and stem (apical meristems).
3. Lateral meristems are found in cork cambium and vascular cambium.

Explanation for incorrect options:

Option A. Mature fruits and leaf tips.

1. Mature fruits and leaf tips are formed from different types of permanent tissues.

Option C. Stems and root apices, cork cambium, and mature fruits.

1. Stems and root apices, cork cambium, is made up of meristematic tissues, but mature fruits comprise permanent tissues.

Option D. Leaf tips, cork cambium, and vascular cambium.

1. The cork cambium and vascular cambium are formed from meristematic tissues, but leaf tips contain permanent tissues.

Final Answer: Thus, meristematic tissue includes stems and root apices, vascular cambium, and cork cambium.