<p> Botany Study Guide CH 23-2 Roots 1. There is a one-way movement of water and minerals from the cortex into the vascular cylinder of a root because the ______is waterproof. 2. What type of root is a carrot? 3. What type of root system is found mainly in monocots? 4. What type of root is most likely to be used as a food source? 5. The layer of cells that encloses the vascular tissue in the central region of a root is the ______. 6. The vascular cylinder of a root consists of what type of tissues? 7. Starting from the root cap, list the general sequence of growth activity of a root. 8. Minerals from the soil move into roots by ______. 9. What type of cells within xylem help to move materials from the root UPWARD to the rest of the plant? 10. Root pressure is produced in the ______by ______. 11. The high concentration of mineral ions in plant cells causes water molecules to move into a plant by ______. 12. Does a decrease in the active transport of minerals into a root cause the root to release water into the soil? 13. The roots of grasses are a type of root called a(an)______root. 14. Be able to recognize a COMPLETE cross-section of a root and the labeled structures of the root. 15. Root hairs take in water from the soil through the process of ______. 16. As the relative concentration of mineral ions in a root’s epidermal cells increases, the relative concentration of water molecules ______. 17. Contrast the growth of fibrous roots and taproots in soil. 18. What do roots absorb from the soil?</p>