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WorksheetsPlant Classification
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
All of the following are characteristics of monocot plants EXCEPT which of the following?
Vascular bundles are arranged in a ring.
Leaf veins are parallel.
Floral parts are in multiples of 3.
Plants possess a fibrous root system.
What two taxonomic units make up a scientific name?
Family and class
Kingdom and phylum
Genus and species
Family and genus
Plants whose leaves stay green year - round; as well as do NOT shed their leaves cold and / or extremely wet or dry conditions are called ________________________.
Angiosperms
Evergreen
Tracheophyta
Deciduous
Who is responsible for developing the binomial naming system for plants ?
"G" Stevens
Leslie Applegate
Carl Linnaeus
Will Moon
Which of the following best describes a cultivar?
A subdivision of a species that has genetic differences that can be achieved through sexual reproduction.
A subdivision of a species that has genetic differences that cannot be achieved through sexual reproduction.
A class of plants that produce floral parts in multiples of 3.
All of the above
All of the following characteristics describe a dicot plant EXCEPT which of the following...
Floral parts are in multiples of 4 and 5
Fibrous root system
Possesses two cotyledons
Veins are netlike
Which plant life cycle results in a plant completing its life cycle from germination to death in 2 or more years?
Annual
Biennial
Triennial
Perennial
What is the highest and broadest unit of taxonomic classification?
Kingdom
Phylum
Genus
Species
Which plant life cycle completes its life cycle (germination to death) in one year?
Annual
Biennial
Perennial
Quartennial
Why do plant professionals use scientific names to identify plants rather than common names?
Scientific names are complex and difficult to understand.
Common names are easier to understand.
Scientific names are universally recognized despite lingual differences.
Common names are in English only.
Plants that lose their leaves or change leaf color in response to cold and / or extremely wet or dry conditions are known as ___________________.
Ferns
Conifers
Deciduous
Gymnosperms
Flowering plants that produce seed in an ovary are best defined as _______________________________.
Gymnosperm
Angiosperm
Monocot
Diecious
What is the relationship of organisms as you move down the taxonomic pyramid from Kingdom down to Species?
Organisms become more dissimilar and share fewer commonalities.
Organisms become more closely related.
The number of vascular bundles greatly differs.
The amount of cotyledons present in a seed multiply in size and diameter.
Which of the following terms best describes a non - flowering plant that produces its seed WITHOUT enclosing it within an ovary (fruit)?
Angiosperm
Dicot
Perennial
Gymnosperm
Which of the following terms best describes a plant that completes its life cycle (germination to flowering to death) in one growing season?
Annual
Biennial
Triennial
Perennial
Why are scientific names used to describe and identify plants?
