In your botany lab, the instructor hands out slides for viewing parts of the plant. The labels are covered so that students can speculate as to which type of tissue they are viewing based on the cellular configurations. You receive a slide showing cells that are nearly all in the middle of one of the stages of cell division. This tissue was mounted on the slide while it was actively growing. You puzzle it out. Which type of tissue must you be viewing?

a. permanent tissue
b. dermal tissue
c. meristematic tissue
d. ground tissue


c. meristematic tissue

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