A: | Lenticels are the lens-shaped openings permitting the exchange of gases. |
B: | Bark formed early in the season is called hard bark. |
C: | Bark is a technical term that refers to all tissues exterior to vascular cambium. |
D: | Bark refers to periderm and secondary phloem. |
E: | Phellogen is single- layered in thickness. |
1. | B and C only | 2. | B, C and E only |
3. | A and D only | 4. | A, B and D only |
Select the correct statements related to the activity of cork cambium:
1. | The outer cells differentiate into phelloderm. |
2. | The cork differentiated from cork cambium, is impervious to water due to deposition of tannins and resins. |
3. | Cuts the cells only on the outer side. |
4. | Cuts the cells on inner as well as outer side. |
Match List-I with List-II.
List-I | List-I | ||
(a) | Lenticels | (i) | Phellogen |
(b) | Cork cambium | (ii) | Suberin deposition |
(c) | Secondary cortex | (iii) | Exchange of gases |
(d) | Cork | (iv) | Phelloderm |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
1. | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
2. | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
3. | (iv) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) |
4. | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
Which of the following statements about cork cambium is incorrect?
1. | It forms a secondary cortex on its outside |
2. | It forms a part of periderm |
3. | It is responsible for the formation of lenticels |
4. | It is a couple of layers thick |
Lenticels are involved in:
1. Gaseous exchange
2. Food transfer
3. Photosynthesis
4. Transpiration
The main function of lenticel is:
1. Transpiration
2. Guttation
3. Gaseous exchange
4. Bleeding
The periderm includes:
1. Secondary phloem
2. Cork
3. Cambium
4. All of these