Question

how does the cork act as a protective tissue

Answer 1

The walls of cork cells are heavily thickened by the deposition of sobering. This structural characteristic helps the cork to protect and prevent itself from infection and mechanical injury. It also prevents desiccation, by preventing loss of water from the plant body.

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Answer 2

The secondary meristem forms on its outer side several layered thick cork or the barks of the trees. Cork act as aprotective tissue because (i) Its cells are dead and compactly arranged without intercellular spaces. (ii) They also have deposition of suberin on the walls that makes them impervious to gases and water.

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