Plant tissue bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Conducting tissue that carries water and minerals

   Item

   Xylem

2. Clue

   Conducting tissue that moves food material

   Item

   Phloem

3. Clue

   Ground tissue zone just under the surface layers

   Item

   Cortex

4. Clue

   The central zone of the ground tissue

   Item

   Pith

5. Clue

   Ground tissue zone between cortex and pith

   Item

   Pericycle

6. Clue

   Apical, lateral or intercalary dividing tissue

   Item

   Meristem

7. Clue

   The outermost tissue system of the plant

   Item

   Epidermis

8. Clue

   Pores that belong to the epidermal system

   Item

   Stomata

9. Clue

   Its presence decides open vascular bundles

   Item

   Cambium

Instructions

Read each call, tap its tissue. Three in a line wins.

Explanation