Monocots, Dicots, and Germination

Examine this seed. Would you expect it to produce a dicot or monocot plant?

• monocot
• dicot
• Corn
• WI Fast Plant

Examine this seed. Would you expect it to produce a dicot or monocot plant?

• monocot
• dicot
• Neither
• Cotyledon

Germination is:

• how much a plant grows (in cm.)

• the growth of a plant

• a plant emerging from a seed

• the rate at which plants successfully emerge from a seed

Germination rate is:

• how much a plant grows (in cm.)

• the growth of a plant

• a plant emerging from a seed

• the rate at which plants successfully emerge from a seed

Growth rate is:

• how much a plant grows (cm/day)

• the growth of a plant

• a plant emerging from a seed

• the rate at which plants successfully emerge from a seed

Beans are:

• monocots

• dicots

• tricots

Beans are a ​ (a)   because they have ​ (b)  

• dicot
• two cotyledons
• monocot
• one cotyledon

Corn is a ​ (a)   because they have ​ (b)  

• dicot
• two cotyledons
• monocot
• one cotyledon

Monocots have:

• parallel leaf veins

• netlike leaf veins

• two cotyledons

• floral parts in 4s or 5s

Monocots have:

• floral parts in 3s

• netlike leaf veins

• two cotyledons

• vascular bundles in a ring