In your vegetable garden you are growing yams. Yams are modified root tissue from the plant. What is the function of the yam for the plant?

A. It stores water for the plant in times of
drought.
B. It stores sugar for the plant.
C. It provides greater surface area for water
absorption.
D. It provides greater surface area for the
growth of additional root meristems.


B

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