During the Spring and Fall Each Year Thousands of Maple

question 23

Multiple Choice

During the spring and fall each year thousands of maple trees are tapped for their fluids in order to make "real" maple syrup.If you were to tap into a maple tree to extract the syrup (sucrose) which tissue layer do you want to tap into?

• A)phloem
• B)xylem
• C)epidermis
• D)ground tissue
• E)periderm

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