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Classification of Plants

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which list includes only plants classified as non-seed producers?

a)

carrot, fern, tomato

b)

moss, fern, liverwort

c)

pine tree, carrot, tomato

d)

oak tree, moss, water lily

2.

The non-seed producing plants are: ______, _________, and ___________. These plants produce spores instead of seeds.

a)

moss,

b)

fern,

c)

liverwort

d)

sunflowers

e)

dogwood tree

3.

Plants can be flowering or non-flowering. Plants can reproduce using seeds or spores. This pea plant reproduces using ...

a)

spores

b)

seeds

c)

stems

d)

leaves

4.

How can we sort the three plants seen here into two groups?

a)

tall or short

b)

seeds or no seeds

c)

land or water

d)

woody or non woody

5.

The three plants seen here can be sorted into two groups. Which group listed makes the most sense.

a)

tall or short

b)

land and water

c)

seeds and no seeds

d)

nonvascular and vascular

6.

What kinds of trees lose their leaves?

a)

deciduous

b)

evergreen

c)

nonvascular

d)

nonwoody

7.

Your teacher has asked you to sort plants into groups. You make two groups: woody and non-woody. What plants, seen here, would you put in the non-woody group?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

A and B

8.

Which statement is true about the image above?

a)

A and B have spores, while C has seeds.

b)

A and C have seeds, while B has spores.

c)

A and B have seeds, while C has spores.

d)

A has seeds, B and C have spores.

9.

Choose all that are true for moss plants

a)

vascular

b)

non-vascular

c)

seed bearing

d)

use spores to reproduce

e)

non-flowering

10.

Plants such as peas, beans, tomatoes, and squash can be labeled as ....

a)

flowering, vascular, seed bearing

b)

non-flowering, non-vascular, spores

c)

non-flowering, vascular, spores

d)

flowering, non-vascular, seed bearing

11.

Fruits contain ....

a)

leaves

b)

stems

c)

seeds

d)

roots

12.

Carmen classified a list of trees into two groups. What two titles could be used for Groups 1 and 2?

a)

needles and leaves

b)

tap roots and fibrous roots

c)

flowering and non flowering

d)

seed producers and non-vascular

13.

Sunflower plants are ...

a)

flowering.

b)

invertebrates.

c)

nonflowering.

d)

vertebrates.

14.

Which group or groups does this plant belong in?

a)

seeds, non-vascular, and needles

b)

vascular, flowering, and needles

c)

vascular, seeds, and needles

d)

nonvascular, seeds, and needles

15.

What kind of tree is a fir tree?

a)

deciduous

b)

evergreen

c)

nonvascular

d)

nonwoody

16.

How is a seed related to the adult plant it came from?

a)

the adult plant does not produce seeds

b)

the seed has the adult plant inside of it

c)

the seed has the potential to become an adult plant

d)

the seed and adult plant both have roots, stems, and leaves

17.
Which is a NOT a characteristic that all plants have in common?
a)
All plants have tissues and organs.
b)
All plants have cell walls and chloroplasts.
c)
All plants are vascular.
d)
All plants make their own food.
18.
What are the 2 MAIN groups of plants?
a)
seed plants and seedless plants
b)
gymnosperms and angiosperms
c)
horsetails and ferns
d)
vascular and nonvascular
19.
Some of the world's tallest plants are:
a)
vascular
b)
nonvascular
20.
Which group of plants absorb water like a sponge?
a)
vascular 
b)
nonvascular
21.
Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce with,
a)
root
b)
spores
c)
flowers
d)
cones
22.
Which plants are very short and grow close to the ground?
a)
vascular
b)
nonvascular
23.
Plants get food by
a)
absorbing it.
b)
making it.
24.
Seedless plants reproduce by
a)
spores
b)
seeds
c)
binary fission
d)
mitosis
25.
The dots on the back of this fern plant are tiny reproductive cells called
a)
chloroplasts
b)
anthers
c)
spores
d)
ovaries
26.
a)
Gymnosperm
b)
Angiosperm
27.
All plants...
a)
make seeds
b)
have roots
c)
need soil
d)
make food through photosynthesis
28.
Which of these is not a plant?
a)
evergreen
b)
flower
c)
wheat 
d)
mushroom
29.

Which plant below would scientist group with watermelon plants?

a)

fern

b)

rose

c)

pine tree

d)

apple tree

30.

Classify the plant.

a)

Flowering

b)

Non-Flowering

31.

Algea

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

32.

Dogwood Tree

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

33.

Is a fern classified as a seed or non-seed plant?

a)

seed plant

b)

non-seed plant

34.

Does the moss in this picture reproduce using seeds?

a)

yes

b)

no

35.
The dots on the back of this fern plant are tiny reproductive cells called
a)
chloroplasts
b)
anthers
c)
spores
d)
ovaries
36.
Redwood trees can grow to be very tall. They can grow so tall because they are
a)
vascular
b)
deciduous
c)
nonvascular
d)
flowering
37.
Angiosperms are easily classified because of the ___ that they produce.
a)
cones
b)
leaves
c)
flowers and fruits
d)
rhizomes
38.

Using water from the soil, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sun to make food

a)

classification

b)

xylem

c)

photosynthesis

d)

fertilization

39.

In which type of plant does water/food move through xylem and phloem?

a)

seed plants

b)

vascular plants

c)

non-vascular

d)

both vascular and non-vascular

40.

Non-vascular plants do not have roots, stems, or leaves. Which is a non-vascular plant?

a)

fern

b)

moss

c)

ivy vine

d)

tree

41.

Seedless vascular plants reproduce by...

a)

Seeds

b)

Spores

c)

Pollen

d)

Rhyzoid

42.

Seedless vascular plants have real roots, stems and leaves.

a)

True

b)

False

43.
These types of plants are able to grow taller because of the added support and faster nutrient transport of xylem and phloem.
a)
Seedless plants
b)
Vascular plants
c)
Seeded plants
d)
Nonvascular plants
44.
a)
Vascular
b)
Nonvascular
45.
What are two common groups of plants? (Most general grouping)
a)
Monocots & Dicots
b)
Vascular & non-vascular
c)
Flowers & Cones
d)
Seeds & spores