Plant Classification

What are the 2 MAIN groups of plants?

• seed plants and seedless plants

• gymnosperms and angiosperms

• horsetails and ferns

• vascular and nonvascular

Nonvascular plants do not have true

• roots
• stems
• leaves
• all of these

Which group of plants absorb water like a sponge?

• vascular 
• nonvascular

Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce with,

• root
• spores
• flowers
• cones

Why is the plant in the picture a vascular plant?

• it can absorb light from the sun
• it has a stem that can carry water and nutrients
• it has more than one cell
• it can make it's own foo

A student researches four plants that are in the same group. He sorts the plants into two smaller groups.

How does the student MOST LIKELY sort the plants?

• by seed size

• by flower shape

• by whether they have cones or flowers

• by whether they produce seeds or spores

Name examples of nonvascular plants

• Ferns

• Apple Tree

• Moss

• Algae

Plants that have covered seeds have

• cones

• flowers

• leaves

• fruits

Uncovered seeds are located where?

• on the leaves

• inside the cones

• flowers

• roots

Nonvascular plants tend to grow

• in shady areas

• low to the ground in order to be close to a water source

• in sunny areas

• very tall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1