Question

Write the missing correlated terms.

Meristematic tissue: ______ : : vascular tissue : conduction

Answer 1

Vascular tissue:

1. Vascular tissue cells are typically long and thin.
2. Xylem and phloem look like pipes because they're responsible for transporting water, minerals, and nutrients throughout the plant.
3. Individual phloem cells are joined end-to-end, similar to the sections of a pipe.

Meristematic tissue:

1. Primary meristematic tissue aids plant lengthening or vertical growth, allowing the plant to grow upwards toward the sun and downwards into the earth.
2. Secondary meristematic tissue aids in the girth or lateral expansion of the plant's stems, branches, and roots.
3. Meristematic tissue cells divide rapidly to generate specialized structures such as leaf and flower buds, root and shoot tips, and so on.

Final answer : Meristematic tissue: division : : vascular tissue : conduction.