AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Meristematic tissue divides throughout their life. They are located in the specific regions of the plant. Cells of this tissue are very active, have dense cytoplasm, thin walls, and prominent nuclei. They lack vacuoles.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Meristematic tissue is the plant tissue that has the ability to divide actively throughout its life.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Meristematic (Greek word meristos, meaning divisible) cells are responsible for the root and shoot growth of plants. These cells have the ability to divide and increase in number and increase the length as well as the girth of the stem and root.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meristematic cells have thin cell wall without intercellular spaces as they keep actively dividing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meristematic cells of the plants are the actively dividing part of the plant. They ar thin walled, densly protoplasmic, isodiametric and possess a large nucleus.