Lesson 1 Plant Classification

What are three ways that plants reproduce?

• seeds, spores, leaves

• stems, roots, flowers

• flowers, seeds, leaves

• flowers, cones spores

A pine tree, a fern, & moss are...

• flowering plants

• non-flowering plants

• plants that make spores

• conifer plants

How are flowering plants similar to conifer plants?

• all of the plants in each group are trees

• they both make spores

• flowers & cones both produce seeds

• they are both non-flowering plants

Which of the following best describes the plant shown?

• a non-flowering plant that uses spores to reproduce

• a non-flowering plant that uses cones to make seeds

• a flowering plant that uses spores to reproduce

• a flowering plant that uses flowering to make seeds

Which of the following plants does not belong?

• fir tree

• fern

• apple tree

• moss

Which of these is NOT a way to classify plants?

• color

• size

• taste

• shape

Plants that have spores reproduce by spreading seeds.

• true

• false

How do scientists classify plants?

• by placing them in water

• by showing which are alive

• by sorting them into groups

• by growing them

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