Choose the One Most Appropriate Answer for Each

question 11

Multiple Choice

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
-sclereids

• A)gives rise to the outermost layer during secondary growth in older stems
• B)transfer sugars into sieve elements
• C)vascular tissue in the root
• D)living cells that conduct sugars and other organic solutes
• E)a layer of specialized parenchyma one or two cells thick in the vascular cylinder that gives rise to lateral roots
• F)clusters of strands containing xylem, phloem, and vascular cambium
• G)substance in xylem cells that give support to upright stems
• H)cells that support soft tissues in fruits and toughen seed coats and nut shells
• I)the principal photosynthetic region of a leaf
• J)regions of undifferentiated cells that can divide rapidly
• K)bottom layer of photosynthetic parenchyma in a leaf with large air spaces between the cells

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Definitions:

Actual Production

The total quantity of goods and services produced by an economy or firm at any given time, reflecting real output.

Diagram

A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences; every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a benefit to consumers equal to the cost of producing it.

Producer Surplus

The variance between the price producers are willing to take for a good or service and the price they end up receiving.