Unit 7, Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?

Nadine classifies a plant as a fern. Which statement explains her choice?

• She sees cones on the plant.

• She sees needles on the plant.

• She see flowers on the plant.

• She sees spores on the plant.

Carlos observes a plant with cones and needles. Which conclusion can Carlos make about this plant?

• It has flowers.

• It has mosses.

• It makes seeds.

• It makes spores.

May Lin observes a plant with a hand lens. She notices small, brown bumps on the underside of the leaves. She concludes that the bumps are spores. Which kind of plant does May Lin observe?

• evergreen

• fern

• fruit tree

• moss

Miguel writes notes about moss plants. Which statement describes a moss plant?

• It makes spores.

• It has very large leaves.

• It has very large flowers.

• It makes cones and seeds.

Amir classifies some plants. He places samples into the groups shown below. Which characteristic does Amir use to classify the sames in the box on the left?

• They all come from nonflowering plants.

• They all comes from plants that make cones.

• They all come from plants that make seeds.

• They all come from plants that make spores.