What Is a Plant? And Classifying Plants

Which of the following is NOT true of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts?

• They are nonvascular plants.

• They have true roots, stems, and leaves.

• They grow in moist places.

• They are small and low-growing.

Which type of plant has seeds that are encased in a protective fruit?

• gymnosperms

• conifers

• angiosperms

• horsetails

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a dicot?

• A. two cotyledons

• B. vascular tissue bundles arranged in a ring

• C. floral parts often in multiples of three

• D. one main root

Which statement best describes a gymnosperm?

• a nonvascular plant with roots, stems, and leaves

• a low-growing nonvascular plant lacking true roots

• a vascular plant that uses spores to reproduce

• a vascular plant that uses pollen to produce seeds that are not enclosed in protective fruits

Which of the following is thought to be the ancestor of land plants?

• bacteria

• red algae

• ferns

• green algae

The sac inside a plant cell where water, food, and wastes are stored is the

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• cuticle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organisms that produce their own food are called

• heterotrophs

• autosomes

• autotrophs

• herbivores

Two structures found in plant cells but NOT in animal cells are

• cell wall and cell membrane

• chloroplasts and cell membrane

• cell wall and chloroplasts

• vacuole and nucleus

If the statement is true, write true. If the statement is false, change the underlined word or words to make the statement true. 5. Seedless vascular plants use spores to reproduce.

• true

• false; change 'spores' to 'seeds'

• false; change 'vascular' to 'nonvascular'

• false; change 'Seedless' to 'Seeded'

If the statement is true, write true. If the statement is false, change the underlined word or words to make the statement true. 6. The young leaves of some hornworts are known as fiddleheads.

• ferns (The young leaves of some ferns are known as fiddleheads.)

• mosses (The young leaves of some mosses are known as fiddleheads.)

• liverworts (The young leaves of some liverworts are known as fiddleheads.)

• true