How can you classify plants?

How do scientists classify plants?

• by placing them in water

• by showing which are alive

• by sorting them into groups

• by growing them

What are structures in a plant?

• parts of a plant

• type of soil

• air plant needs

• water it uses to survive

What helps water lilies float in the water?

• bubble like structure

• tiny animals help it float

• the air in the water

• wide flat leaves and long stem

What structure helps the yucca plant hold in water from the desert heat?

• the trunk is long

• their roots

• waxy covering on leaves

• their big leaves

Leaves fall of the dogwood tree in the fall and grow back in the spring, what is the term for these type of trees that loose and grow their leaves this way?

• desert plants

• tropical

• deciduous

• coniferous

What helps the magnolia trees grow tall?

• colorful leaves

• wide spread roots

• strong woody stems

• soft stems

What is an advantage of the iris plants thin stem?

• allows it to bend with the wind

• helps it stay still

• gives it more length

• allows it to get more sunlight

How do prickles help rosebushes?

• protects them from being eaten

• get water

• attract more sunlight

• keeps the insects away

the long leaf pine trees found in east Texas grow pines instead of flowers, what type of trees are these?

• desert

• tropical

• deciduous

• coniferous

Which two types of plants do not produce seeds and instead make spores to reproduce?

• magnolia and cones

• deciduous and coniferous

• ferns and mosses

• palms and mangoes