Plants and Animals
Plants can do something animals can't do. What is that?
Plants make their own food.
Plants are divided into vascular and non-vascular plants.
Plants with flowers are called what?
Angiosperms are plants with flowers.
What are the reproductive parts of a plant called that are NOT seeds?
Spores are reproductive parts that are NOT seeds.
What veins transport water? Which direction do they travel?
Xylem transport water, and they only go up.
What process do plants use to make their food?
Plants use photosynthesis to make their own food.
What are the traits of vascular plants?
Vascular plants have stems, leaves, and tubes to transport water and nutrients.
Plants without flowers are called what?
Gymnosperms are plants without flowers.
Moss is a spore plant.
What veins transport nutrients, and which direction do they travel?
Phloem transport nutrients (PHloem and Food), and they travel both directions.
ALL animals get their food from what starting point?
All animals get their food from plants. Even meat-eaters eat animals that ate plants!
Non-vascular plants have no stems, leaves, or tubes to transport water and nutrients. They sit close to the ground and absorb water directly.
cactus moss
fern dandelion
rose tomato plant
Flowering plants are cactus, rose, and dandelion.
Is a rose a seed plant or a spore plant?
A rose is a seed plant.
How can you remember angiosperms?
What group can claim the oldest-living thing on Earth?
Plants can claim this! Some trees are thousands of years old.
Give one example of a vascular plant and one example of a non-vascular plant.
Vascular - trees
Non-vascular - mosses
Find three examples of non-flowering plants:
apple tree dandelion
horsetail pine tree
grass raspberry bush
Is a pine tree a seed or spore plant?
A pine tree is a spore plant - the spores are hidden inside the cones.
How can you remember gymnosperms?
You don't give flowers to Jim.