Vascular Non-Vascular Plants

hornwort

• vascular

• nonvascular

rose

• vascular

• nonvascular

moss

• nonvascular

• vascular

Do NOT have true roots, stems or leaves

• vasular

• nonvascular

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

Imagine Mason, Avery, and Benjamin are on a thrilling adventure in a magical forest. They stumble upon a mysterious plant that has true roots, stems, and leaves. Can you help them identify what these types of plants are called?

• nonvascular plants

• vascular plants

• seed plants

• spore plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

plants have tubes that carry water from their roots to their leaves 

• nonvascular 

• vascular

• seeded

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

plants have a well-developed system for transporting water and food.

• vascular plants

• non-vascular plants

These plants transport food and water through the xylem and phloem.

• vascular

• nonvascular

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 food