PLANT TAXONOMY UNIT QUIZ

THE SWEDISH NATURALIST THAT STARTED THE SCIENTIFIC NAMING OF PLANTS.

• LINNAEUS

• LINUES

• LINNAUES

• LINNIAS

THE NAME THAT MOST PLANTS GO BY.

• BOTANICAL NAME

• SCIENTIFIC NAME

• COMMON NAME

SOME PLANTS HAVE MANY COMMON NAMES.

• TRUE

• FALSE

GYMNOSPERMS INCLUDE CONIFERS SUCH AS PINE TREES.

• TRUE

• FALSE

SEEDS OF ANGIOSPERMS ARE ENCLOSED IN A FRUIT

• TRUE

• FALSE

DICOT PLANTS POSSESS __________ COTYLEDONS.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 6

DICOT PLANTS HAVE ____________________ VEINS IN THEIR LEAVES.

• PARALLEL

• NETTED

MONOCOT PLANTS HAVE ________ COTYLEDON(S) IN THEIR SEED.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 6

MONOCOT PLANTS HAVE ______________________ VEINS IN THEIR LEAVES.

• PARALLEL

• NETTED

A ________________ is a subset of organisms within a family that share similar characteristics.

• GENUS

• SPECIES

• VARIETY

• CULTIVAR