G6-Plant Classification

Plant Classification

Characteristics of Plants

-Multi-Celled

-Have Chloroplasts for Making Their Own Food

Multiple Choice

Plants eat other organisms to get their nutrients.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Plants are multi-celled organisms.

• True

• False

Plant Classification

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Do they have tubes (roots and stems)?

-No: Nonvascular

-Yes: Vascular

• Some Plants Have Tubes (vascular plant)

• Like Blood Vessels in Animals - Transport Materials Needed by All Cells in the Organism

• Xylem - Moves Water

• Phloem - Moves Food

Multiple Choice

What part of the human body would you compare to the tubes found in some plants?

• eyes

• blood vessels

• stomach

• skin

Multiple Select

Which of the following travel through the tubes of some plants?

• soil

• blood

• water

• food

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of a nonvascular plant?

• oak tree

• moss

• liverwort

• hornwort

Multiple Choice

All trees are vascular plants.

• True

• False

If they have tubes, how do they reproduce?

-Spores

-Seeds

​The largest seed in the world is the coco de mer, the seed of a palm tree.

Multiple Choice

Seedless plants reproduce by

• spores
• seeds
• binary fission
• mitosis

Multiple Choice

Which plant below is closest related to watermelon plants?

• fern

• moss

• pine tree

• apple tree

If they are seed plants, where are the seeds?

-Cones: Gymnosperms

-Fruit/Flowers: Angiosperms

​Gymnosperms

​Angiosperms

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true for all non-flowering plants?

• Non-flowering plants don't form fruit.

• Non-flowering plants cannot be trees.

• Non-flowering plants don't contain seeds.

Multiple Choice

An example of a flowering plant is

• a pine tree

• an orange tree

• a fern

• moss

Multiple Choice

This plant produces cones instead of flowers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Mark noticed the tree in his front yard has cones and needles. What conclusion can he draw about the tree?

• It has flowers

• It has fruit

• It makes seeds

• It makes spores

How does the stem look like?

-Monocot: Bundles

-Dicots: Rings

What kind of roots does it have?

-Monocot: Fibrous

-Dicot: Tap

How many petals does it have?

Monocot: Groups of 3

Dicot: Groups of 4 or 5

Multiple Choice

A type of plant with a seed that has two food storage areas

• monocot

• dicot

• vascular

• nonvascular

Multiple Choice

These classifications of flowering plants have leaves with veins that are parallel to each other.

• Monocot Plants

• Dicot Plants

• Nonvascular Plants

• Spore Producing Plants

Multiple Choice

These classifications of flowering plants produce flowers with 4 or 5 petals.

• Monocot Plants

• Dicot Plants