Plant Classification

A student researches four plants that are in the same group. He sorts the plants into two smaller groups. How does the student MOST LIKELY sort the plants?

• by seed size

• by flower shape

• by whether they have cones or flowers

• by whether they produce seeds or spores

What are the 2 MAIN groups of plants?

• seed plants and seedless plants

• gymnosperms and angiosperms

• horsetails and ferns

• vascular and nonvascular

Nonvascular plants do not have true

• roots

• stems

• leaves

• all of these

Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce with,

• root

• spores

• flowers

• cones

Why is the plant in the picture a vascular plant?

• it can absorb light from the sun

• it has a stem that can carry water and nutrients

• it has more than one cell

• it can make it's own foo

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name examples of nonvascular plants

• Ferns

• Apple Tree

• Moss

• Algae

Plants that have covered seeds have

• cones

• flowers

• leaves

• fruits

Covered seeds are inside, protected by a flower or fruit

• True

• False

What are the 4 ways to classify plants?

• Leaves/Needles

• Covered/Un-covered Seeds

• Seed/Seedless

• Nonvascular/Vascular

• Absorbs water/Doesn't absorb water

A fern is an example of a seedless plant

• True

• False