Plant Evolution and Classification

Which group of vascular plants do NOT make seeds?

• Coniferous trees
• Ferns
• Pines
• Flowering Plants

How do nutrients move through nonvascular plants?

• Along stems
• From cell to cell
• Through leaves
• Through roots

A pine tree is a coniferous tree. Where are the seeds made in a pine tree?

• in flowers
• in leaves
• in cones
• in roots

Why do nonvascular plants grow close to the ground?

• to get less sunlight
• for protection
• for space
• to absorb water

In which two groups does moss belong?

• nonvascular and seed-producing
• nonvascular and spore-producing
• vascular and spore-producing
• vascular and seed-producing

Which of these is a way in which scientists classify plants?

• by whether they have a cell wall
• by how they get their energy
• by whether they have a nucleus
• by how they reproduce

Which of these is NOT a way to classify plants?

• as vascular and nonvascular
• as vertebrates and invertebrates
• as seed producing and spore producing
• as deciduous and coniferous

A plant having tissue made up of tubes that transport food and water through the plant

• vascular plant

• nonvascular plant

• moss

A vascular plant that produces seeds on the scales of female cones

• Angiosperm

• Gymnosperm

• Monocot

• Dicot

A flower-producing vascular plant in which the seed is enclosed in a fruit.

• Angiosperm

• Gymnosperm

• Conifer

• Fern

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