Vascular and Nonvascular Plants

Why is the flower in the picture classified as a dicot?

• A.  The petals are arranged in 3 or groups of 3.
• B.  The petals are arranged in 4 or 5 or groups of 4 or 5.
• C.  The leaves have webbed, scattered or branching veins
• D.  Both B and C

___________________ plants have true roots, true stems, and true leaves.

• Protist
• Vascular 
• Fungi
• Non-vascular 

Non-vascular plants reproduce through _____________.

• seeds
• cones
• flowers
• spores

The ____________ gains nutrients from the  ____________ inside the seed until the plant can make its own food.

• embryo, leaves
• seed, leaves
• seed, cotyledon(s)
• embryo, cotyledon(s)

In conifers, the seed is found inside the _____________.

• cone
• flower
• embryo

Identify the correct parts of the seed in the picture provided.

• 1-root tip, 2-seed leaf, 3-stem, 4-seed coat, 5-cotyledon
• 1-seed leaf 2-cotyledon 3-seed coat, 4-root tip, 5-stem
• 1-stem, 2-root tip, 3-seed leaf, 4-seed coat, 5-cotyledon
• 1-cotyledon, 2-root tip, 3-seed leaf, 4-stem, 5-seed coat

Vascular plants transport nutrients through tube-like structures known as ____________________ and non-vascular plants transport nutrients from _________________.

• cell to cell, xylem and phloem
• seeds, cell to cell
• xylem and phloem, cell to cell
• xylem and phloem, seeds

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is an example of a non-vascular plant?

• grass
• corn
• trees
• moss

How would you classify the stem in the picture?

• non-vascular
• monocot
• mono-vascular
• dicot

The _____________________ protects the undeveloped plant (embryo) against injury and from drying out. 

• flower
• cotyledon
• environment (soil)
• seed coat