Plant Classification and Processes

What two groups can plants be divided into?

• vascular and nonvascular

• seed plants and spore plants

• flowering and conifers

• mosses and liverworts

Which group is larger?

• vascular

• nonvascular

How are vascular and non vascular plants different?

• how they transport water and food through their bodies

• how they reproduce

• how they make seeds

• whether or not they have flowers

What vascular tissue transports water from the roots to the rest of the plant?

• xylem

• phloem

• stomata

• herbaceous

What kind of stems do trees and shrubs that grow very tall have?

• woody

• herbaceous

• fibrous

• xylem

What kind of stems are found on grasses, dandelions, and tomato plants?

• soft

• woody

• fibrous

• xylem

What kind of vascular tissue transports food from the leaves to the rest of the plant?

• phloem

• xylem

What kind of plants have true roots, stems, and leaves?

• vascular

• nonvascular

• algae

• mushrooms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How do non vascular plants transport water and nutrients to the environment?

• from cell to cell

• using xylem

• using phloem

• using cambium

What are three examples of nonvascular plants?

• mosses, liverworts, hornworts

• ferns, grasses, hornworts

• mosses, grasses, tomatoes

• rice, wheat, grasses