Simple Plants

How do the leaflike parts of a moss plant get water and nutrients?

• Water and minerals are absorbed from rootlike parts.

• The leaflike parts take in water and minerals directly from the environment.

• People put the water and nutrients inside the leaflike parts.

• The leaflike parts create their own water and minerals.

How are mosses and daisies (flowers) different? Select all correct choices.

• Mosses are simple plants but daisies are not.

• Daisies have tubes that carry water and minerals, but mosses do not.

• Mosses are not alive but daisies are.

• A daisy is not a plant.

Why are most simple plants small?

• They don't get enough sunlight.

• Water makes them shrink.

• They don't have tubes moving water, so they are small so water and minerals can reach all the parts.

• They have too many tubes.

If you find a plant growing in a shady spot, how can you tell if it is a simple plant?

• Simple plants are very large with stems and leaves. They grow far away from each other.

• Simple plants grow small in densely packed mats. Simple plants do NOT have tubes, stems, or leaves.

• Simple plants dissolve if they get wet. They have lots of tubes.

• Simple plants always have purple flowers.

Where do most simple plants grow?

• in water

• in full sun

• in damp places

• in the desert