Vascular Plants BJU Science 6

Describe vascular plants.

• groups of tubelike structures in the stem that transport food, water and nutrients to all parts of the plant

• absorb water through the leaves

• grow larger than nonvascular plants

• have rhizoids

Describe Non vascular plants.

• do not have tubelike structures

• absorb water through leaves

• have rootlike structures called rhizoids

• include mosses and liverworts

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Describe seedless vascular plants

• have underground stems called rhizomes

• Do not have flowers

• include ferns, horsetails, and club mosses

• include mosses and liverworts

Name the two types of seed-bearing vascular plants

• gymnosperms and angiosperms

• vascular and nonvascular plants

• horsetails and club mosses

• mosses and liverworts

Name one of the three characteristics/examples of gymnosperms

• include cycads, ginkgoes, gnetophytes, and conifers

• have root like structures Called rhizoids

• do not have flowers

• produce seeds in cones

Describe one of two characteristics of angiosperms.

• do not produce flowers

• produce flowers

• has seeds protected inside a fruit

• produces seeds in a cone

Which vascular plant is described as tall, hollow and jointed stem?

• club mosses

• conifers

• ferns

• horsetails

Which vascular plant is described as having leafy branches called fronds

• club mosses

• conifers

• ferns

• horsetails

Which vascular plant is described as resembling a small evergreen tree; often called ground pines

• club mosses

• conifers

• ferns

• horsetails

Which vascular plant is described as almost all evergreen and have needlelike leaves?

• club mosses

• conifers

• ferns

• horsetails

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2