Classification of Plants

Which of the following is NOT true of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts?

• They are non-vascular
• They have roots, stems, and leaves
• They grow in moist places
• They are small and low-growing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which type of plant has seeds that are encased in a protective fruit?

• gymnosperms
• conifers
• angiosperms
• horsetails

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a dicot?

• Two cotyledons
• Vascular tissue bundles arranged in a ring
• floral parts often in multiples of three
• one main root

Which statement best describes a gymnosperm?

• a nonvascular plant with roots, stems, and leaves
• a low-growing non-vascular plant lacking true roots
• a vascular plant that uses spores to reproduce
• a vascular plant that uses pollen to produce seeds that are not enclosed in protective fruits

Seedless vascular plants use __________ to  reproduce.

• seeds
• spores
• flowers
• pistils

The young leaves of some ______________ are known as fiddleheads.

• hornworts
• ferns
• flowers
• angiosperms

The vascular tissue that conducts water in a plant is ____________.

• Phloem
• Veins
• Mylem
• Xylem

All flowering plants are ________________.

• gymnosterms
• angiosperms
• ugly
• non-vascular

______________ species out number all other land plant species by about 7:1.

• Angiosperm
• Gymnosperm
• Seaweed
• Cactus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

The root-like structures that anchor a moss plant and absorb water and nutrients are called ___________.

• Cotyledons
• Rhizoids
• Xylem
• Vascularitas