Plant Groups
What are the four main plant groups?
Mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.
What is an annual plant?
A plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season.
What are the two main groups of flowering plants based on their seed leaves?
Monocots and dicots.
A plant produces cones instead of flowers. Which group does it most likely belong to?
Gymnosperms.
What are angiosperms?
Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed inside fruits.
What is a biennial plant?
A plant that completes its life cycle over two growing seasons.
How many seed leaves does a monocot have?
One.
A plant has parallel leaf veins and one seed leaf. Is it a monocot or dicot?
Monocot.
What are gymnosperms?
Plants that produce seeds that are not enclosed inside fruits, such as pine trees.
What is a perennial plant?
A plant that lives for more than two years
How many seed leaves does a dicot have?
Two.
A plant lives for several years and grows back each season. What is its life-cycle classification?
Perennial.
Which plant group includes mosses?
Nonvascular plants.
Is a sunflower usually an annual or perennial plant?
Annual.
What type of leaf veins do monocots usually have?
Parallel veins.
What is one major difference between angiosperms and gymnosperms?
Angiosperms produce flowers and seeds enclosed in fruits, while gymnosperms usually produce exposed seeds, often in cones.
How do ferns reproduce?
They reproduce using spores instead of seeds.
Give an example of a perennial plant.
An apple tree, a rose bush, or many types of grass.
What type of leaf veins do dicots usually have?
Branching or netlike veins
Why is plant classification useful?
It helps us identify, organize, and understand plants based on their shared characteristics.