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plant classification
Question | Answer |
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Vascular- | -plants with tube-like structures that transport water and nutrients. |
Nonvascular- | -plants that lack structures that transport water and nutrients. |
Some info on Non vascular plants... | -Grow in moist places and absorb water and nutrients through leaves. |
Is a moss vascular of non vascular? | -It is a non vascular plant. |
How and where do mosses grow? | -Grow in groups and spread out over large areas. |
Mosses don't have _____. | - They don't have true roots. |
Helpful things about mosses are... | -They prevent erosion, and are used for medicine, cooking, and heating. |
How thick are mosses leaves? | -1 cell thick leaves. |
Is a liverwort Vascular or non vascular? | -It is Non vascular. |
How are liverworts different than Mosses? | -Liverworts have a different arrangement of leaves than mosses. |
What plant's leaf resembles a liver? | -A liverwort. |
Vascular plants have what? | -They have Vascular systems that strengthen and support the plant and transport water and nutrients. |
What are the two types of Vascular plants? | -The two types are seedless and seed-bearing. |
What are Horsetails? | -They are Vascular plants. |
What kind of Vascular plant is a Horsetail? | -It is a seedless vascular plant. |
Horsetails have underground _____ called _____. | -They have underground stems called Rhizomes. |
Some Horsetails have what? | -Needle-like branches that grow in a circle around each joint on the rhizome. |
Horsetails produce their own ____ in what? | -They produce their own food in stems and branches; not in the leaves. |
Is a club moss vascular or nonvascular? | -They are Vascular. |
What kind of vascular plant is Club moss? | -Seedless Vascular plants. |
What are club mosses nickname? | -It is Ground Pines. |
Ferns are Vascular or non vascular? | -They are Vascular plants. |
Ferns are what kind of vascular plant? | -Seedless vascular plants. |
Most Ferns need what? | -Most need moisture. |
Ferns grow from what? | -They grow from rhizomes. |
Frond- | -A leafy branch. |
Fiddle-head- | -Coiled up frond that is just beginning to grow. |
Gymnosperm- | -Does not have flowers and usually produces its seed inside a cone with only a seed coat for a protective coating. |
Is a Gymnosperm a Vascualar or nonvascular plant? | -It is a Vascular plant. |
What type of vascular plant is a gymnosperm? | -A seed bearing vascular plant. |
What are the 4 types of gymnosperms? | -Cycads,Ginkoes, Gnetophytes,Conifer. |
What is a cycad? | -A seed bearing vascular plant that is a type of gymnosperm. |
Cycads are often mistaken for what? | -They are mistaken for palm trees. |
Cycads produce pollen in what? | -They produce pollen in a cone. |
Cycads trunks can be what? | -Their trunks can be above or below the ground. |
Ginkoes have what kind of leaves? | -They have flat, fan-shaped leaves that turn yellow before it falls off in autumn. |
What can Ginkoes tolerate? | -They can tolerate air pollution. |
Ginkoes are also very resistant to what? | -They are very resistant to pest and disease. |
Ginkoes leaves are used for ____ and ____. | -They are used for medicine and teas. |
Where can Gnetophytes be found? | -They can be found in the desert. |
Gnetophytes cones resemble what? | -The cones resemble a flower. |
What kind of leaves do conifers have? | -They have needle-like or scale-like leaves. |
Most conifers do what? | -Most of them are evergreen that grow their food year around. |
Conifers can live in what kind of climate? | -They can live in cold climates. |
There are 3 families of conifers... | -Pine trees, furs, and Spruces. |
Angiosperms- | -Have flowers and protects seeds inside a fruit. |
Angiosperms usually have what? | -They usually have wide,flat leaves. |
3 types of angiosperms are... | -Annuals, Biannuals, and Perennials. |
Annuals- | -Lives only one growing season(flower,produce seeds, then die) |
Biannuals- | -Needs two growing seasons to fully develop (first season it produces leaves, second season it flowers-produces seeds-die.) |
Perennials- | -Lives 3 or more seasons (produces seeds year after year) |
Angiosperms are used for.... | -Food, coffie, cocoa, softdrinks, medicines, rubber, cork, rope, and chewing gum. |
Angiosperms are classified by what? | -They are classified by seed structure. |
Cotyledons- | -Tiny seed leaves that store food for the seed. |
Cotyledons are classified into 2 parts which are... | -Dicotyledons, and monocotyledons. |
Dicotyledon-"Dicot"- | -2 cotyledons. |
Dicots vascular bundle is arranged in a _____. | - It is arranged in a circular pattern. |
Dicots have what? | -Woody stems, and Broad flat leaves. |
Tap root- | -One thick, long root that grows straight down into the soil. |
What kind of root does a dicot have? | -A tap root. |
Dicot's stems do what? | -They grow thicker each year. |
Dicot's flowers have __-__ petals or multiples of __-___. | -They have 4-5 petals or multiples of 4-5. |
Monocotyledon-"monocot"- | -1 cotyledon. |
Monocots do not do what? | -There stems don't grow thicker each year. |
Monocots have what kind of leaves with what kind of veins? | -They have long narrow leaves and parallel veins. |
Moncots are mostly what? | -They are mostly grass. |
Monocots have what kind of roots? | -Many tiny roots. |
Monocots flowers have __ petals or multiples of __. | -They have 3 petals or multiples of 3. |
Monocots vascular bundle is what? | -Their vascular bundle is scattered. |