Vascular v. Non-vascular

Xylem is 

• another name for roots
• is a vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the root up to the plants.
• carries food from the leaves to the root.

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phloem is 

• a vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients from the roots up to the stem and leaves.
• a vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to the the roots.
• another name for leaf.

These types of plants are able to grow taller because of the added support and faster nutrient transport of xylem and phloem.

• Seedless plants
• Vascular plants
• Seeded plants
• Nonvascular plants

___________________ plants have true roots, true stems, and true leaves.

• Protist
• Vascular 
• Fungi
• Non-vascular 

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Vascular plants transport nutrients through tube-like structures known as ____________________ and non-vascular plants transport nutrients from _________________.

• cell to cell, xylem and phloem
• seeds, cell to cell
• xylem and phloem, cell to cell
• xylem and phloem, seeds

What are two common groups of plants? (Most general grouping)

• Monocots & Dicots
• Vascular & non-vascular
• Flowers & Cones
• Seeds & spores

Vascular plants...

• Take water in through its surroundings
• takes water in through roots
• takes water in through condensation

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What is the function of the phloem? 

• to move water down from the leaves 
• to move nutrients down from the leaves 
• to move spores down from the leaves 
• to move food down from the leaves 

Plants that have true roots, stems and leaves are called ____.

• nonvascular plants
• vascular plants
• seed plants
• spore plants

Examples of these plants include mosses, liverworts, and other plants with no xylem or phloem

• dicot

• vascular plant

• monocot

• nonvascular plant