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FPU 131: Wood Structure and Identification

Take-Home Exercises 9. The apical meristems

Instruction: Define and distinguish the term between each other, and briefly explain its relation
and importance in wood identification.

1. What are the activities in term of height growth brought about by the apical meristems?

a. _____________________

b. _____________________

c. _____________________

d. _____________________

2. What are the activities of promeristems which found at the tip of the apical meristem?

a. _____________________

b. _____________________

c. _____________________

3. What are the activities of corpus and the tunica corpus?

a. ______________________

b. ______________________

c. ______________________

d. ______________________

4. Other distinctions?

a. Protoderm________________________

b. Procambium ______________________

c. Ground meristem __________________

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