Science 6 Chapter 6 Review

When plants are classified by how they transport water, scientists group them as ____.

• monocots or dicots

• seedless or seed-bearing

• vascular or nonvascular

• angiosperms or gymnosperms

Which plant is not a vascular plant?

• liverwort

• club moss

• horsetail

• ginkgo

Mosses and liverworts have small, rootlike structures called ____.

• rhizomes

• rhizoids

• hyphae

• tubers

Ferns and horsetails grow from underground stems called ____.

• rhizoids

• hyphae

• tubers

• rhizomes

Last summer John did not pull all the carrots in his garden. This year he noticed that those carrots grew flowers and produced seeds. This happened because carrots are a(n) ____ plant.

• annual

• biennial

• centennial

• perennial

Maria has picked blueberries from the bush on her grandpa's farm for the past five years. A blueberry bush is an example of a(n) ____ plant.

• annual

• biennial

• centennial

• perennial

Mrs. Abbott enjoys having different flowers in her yard each year. She should choose ____ flowers, plants that live for only one growing season.

• annual

• biennial

• centennial

• perennial

The first root that emerges from a seed is called a(n) ____.

• aerial root
• taproot

• fibrous root

• primary root

_____ plants need two growing seasons to fully develop.

• Annual

• Biennial

• Centennial

• Perennial

_____ plants can live for three or more years.

• Annual

• Perennial

• Biennial

• Centennial