10 Fundamental Characteristics of Plants

What is one of the most defining features of plants?

• Their ability to live without water

• Their ability to move

• Their ability to carry out photosynthesis

• Their lack of a cell wall

Plants are classified as which type of organisms?

• Bacteria

• Eukaryotic

• Virus

• Prokaryotic

How do plants primarily reproduce?

• Through binary fission

• Through fragmentation

• Both sexually and asexually

• Through budding

What type of life cycle do plants exhibit?

• Alternation of generations

• Triple generation cycle

• Single generation

• Continuous generation

What allows plants to sense and respond to their environment?

• Visual senses

• Auditory senses

• Tactile senses

• Phototropism and gravitropism

Which tissues facilitate the transport of water, nutrients, and sugars throughout the plant?

• Epidermal and dermal tissues

• Muscular and nervous tissues

• Meristematic and ground tissues

• Xylem and phloem

What kind of relationships do plants often form with other organisms?

• Symbiotic

• Predatory

• Competitive

• Parasitic