You have been given a plant sample and asked to identify a specific tissue. Upon investigation, you find the cells are all long in length and some of them have small pores. They all contain fluid. You test the fluid using various biochemical tests and discover the fluid contains an abundance of disaccharides. What type of tissue are you looking at?

A. Phloem
B. Meristematic
C. Sclerenchyma
D. Root hair cells
E. Xylem


Answer: A

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