Four of the Following Statements Are True Regarding Roots

question 9

Multiple Choice

Four of the following statements are true regarding roots.Which one is NOT true?  

• A) Roots anchor a plant in soil, and in many species, they store nutrients.
• B) An extensive root system provides a plant with a very large surface area for absorbing water from the soil.
• C) When a seed germinates, the first structure to emerge from it is a root.
• D) In typical monocots, a primary root is quickly replaced with a mat of adventitious roots.
• E) In typical eudicots, the primary root that emerges from a seed thickens and lengthens to become a fibrous root.

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