In a four-year-old stem, where would you expect to find the oldest secondary xylem?
1. adjacent to the pith
2. just inside the vascular cambium
3. just outside the vascular cambium
4. immediately adjacent to the primary phloem

Subtopic:  Activity of Secondary Xylem (OLD NCERT) |
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At some places the cambium forms a narrow band of parenchyma, which passes through the secondary xylem and the secondary phloem in radial directions. These are called as:
1. Interfascicular cambium
2. Secondary medullary rays
3. Cork cambium
4. Intrafascicular cambium
Subtopic:  Activity of Vascular Cambium (OLD NCERT) |
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Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select the correct answer from the codes given:

A. Spring [early] wood a. Xylary elements with wider cavities
B. Autumn [late] wood b. Xylary elements with narrow vessels
C. Heartwood c. Central or innermost layers of secondary xylem
D. Sapwood d. Peripheral region of the secondary xylem
Codes
A B C D
1. a b c d
2. a b d c
3. b a c d
4. b a d c
Subtopic:  Types of Wood (OLD NCERT) |
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It will not be possible to calculate the age of a tree by counting its rings if the tree is located in:
1. Tropical deciduous forest
2. Temperate deciduous forest
3. Tropical evergreen forest
4. Temperate evergreen forest
Subtopic:  Types of Wood (OLD NCERT) |
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What is not true for heartwood?
1. Deposition of organic compounds leading to dark brown color
2. Present in innermost or central layers of the stem
3. Dead elements with lignified walls
4. Conducts water and minerals
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During secondary growth, the meristem that arises within the cortex is called as:
1. pith meristem 2. cork cambium
3. cortex cambium 4. vascular cambium
Subtopic:  Activity of Cork Cambium |
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Phellogen cuts cells on both sides where:
1. outer cells differentiate into cork or phelloderm and inner cells differentiate into secondary cortex or phellem
2. inner cells differentiate into cork or phelloderm and outer cells differentiate into secondary cortex or phellem
3. outer cells differentiate into cork or phellem and inner cells differentiate into secondary cortex or phelloderm
4. inner cells differentiate into cork or phellem and outer cells differentiate into secondary cortex or phelloderm
Subtopic:  Activity of Cork Cambium |
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Which of the following terms includes all others?
1. Phellem
2. Phellogen
3. Phelloderm
4. Periderm
Subtopic:  Activity of Cork Cambium |
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The non-technical term Bark in an old woody stem does not include:
1. Cork
2. Secondary phloem
3. Secondary cortex
4. Vascular cambium
Subtopic:  Activity of Cork Cambium |
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In most woody trees, the exchange of gases between the outer atmosphere and the internal tissue of the stem is facilitated by:
1. Bulliform cells
2. Hydathodes
3. Lenticels
4. Albuminous cells
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