To study mitosis, a student places a garlic clove in water. After five days, the student observes roots growing from the clove. The student cuts a piece of the root and observes it under a microscope. The root tip has many cells with each under a different stage of mitosis.

What can the student conclude from the study?


Mitosis helps in the growth of the plant parts.
Mitosis helps in the growth of the plant parts.

Plant cells undergo mitosis at high temperatures.
Plant cells undergo mitosis at high temperatures.

Root tips switch from meiosis to mitosis when cut.
Root tips switch from meiosis to mitosis when cut.

Water stops the process of mitosis in garlic root tips.