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Distinguish between a tap root and a fibrous root system, giving one example of each.
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Answer
A tap root system has one main root growing straight down with lateral branches, and it develops from the radicle; the mustard plant has one. A fibrous root system has a cluster of thin roots of about the same size arising from the base of the stem; wheat and other grasses have one.
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Explanation
Tap roots are typical of dicots and fibrous roots of monocots.
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