Where do meristems occur? name three locations.

Where do meristems occur? name three locations.

• A. Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits
• B. Seeds, Fruit, and Bark
• C. Cambium, Stems, and Roots
• D. Xylem, Phloem, and Cambium

Answer: (C)

Meristems are regions of actively dividing cells that drive plant growth. They occur at the tips of roots and shoots, enabling lengthening growth (apical meristems), and in the cambium, a lateral meristem that adds girth during secondary growth. So the best answer lists cambium, stems, and roots, because cambium represents the growth tissue for thickening, while the meristems at the ends of stems and roots provide lengthwise growth. Leaves, flowers, and fruits are mature structures and aren’t primary sites of ongoing meristem activity; xylem and phloem are differentiated tissues, not regions of active cell division.

Meristems are regions of actively dividing cells that drive plant growth. They occur at the tips of roots and shoots, enabling lengthening growth (apical meristems), and in the cambium, a lateral meristem that adds girth during secondary growth. So the best answer lists cambium, stems, and roots, because cambium represents the growth tissue for thickening, while the meristems at the ends of stems and roots provide lengthwise growth. Leaves, flowers, and fruits are mature structures and aren’t primary sites of ongoing meristem activity; xylem and phloem are differentiated tissues, not regions of active cell division.