Classifying Plants Quiz

The study of how scientists classify organisms is called

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Grouping

• Division

What is the largest group in the Plant Kingdom?

• Flowers

• Seedless plants

• Vascular plants

• Monocot plants

The ___________________________ transports water and minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant, while the ____________________________ transport food from the leaves to the rest of the plant.

• Xylem, phloem

• First, second

• Vascular, non-vascular

• Stem, roots

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name 2 examples of a vascular plant.

______________________________ plants obtain their nutrients directly from the environment. Cells must be in direct contact with water.

• Short

• Flowering

• Non-Vascular

• Dicot

What are the 3 major parts of a seed?

Tags

NGSS.4-LS1-1

Flowering plants grow their seeds inside an ovary, which is embedded in a _________________________.

• Flower

• Stem

• Root

• Leaf

Which is not an example of a cone-bearing plant?

• Pine

• Spruce

• Tomatoes

• Cedar

What are some of the main characteristics of a monocot plant? (Check all that apply).

• Has one food storage area (one cotyledon or seed leaf).

• They grow one at a time.

• Leaves are long and slender with veins parallel to each other.

• Only one root is needed for it to obtain its nutrients.

• Flowers of monocots have either three petals or multiples of three.

What are the main characteristics of a dicot plant? (Check all that apply).

• They grow in pairs.

• Has two food storage areas (two cotyledon or seed leaves).

• Leaves are usually wide with branching veins.

• Flowers of dicots have either four or five petals or multiples of those numbers.

• The vascular tube structures are arranged in circular bundles.