Land Plants
Apples
Flowering
Nonflowering
Trees
100
What are the two main types of land plants?
The two main types of land plants are Vascular and Nonvascular.
100
How many stages are there in the life cycle of an apple?
There are 5 stages within the life cycle of an apple.
100
What are flowering plants?
Flowering plants are plants that produce flowers and bear one or two cotyledon or seed leaves.
100
True or False: Ferns and mosses are nonflowering plants.
True, ferns and mosses are nonflowering plants.
100
Are trees vascular plants or nonvascular?
Trees are vascular plants.
200
How can we use our sight to identify a vascular plant?
Vascular plants have true roots, stems, and leaves.
200
What are the first and second stages of the life cycle of an apple?
Stage one is the seed stage and the second stage is the tree stage.
200
What is a petal?
Petals are what give a flower its unique shape, and are often brightly colored to attract insects and critters, which aid in the fertilization of ovules through pollination.
200
Do conifers, cycads, ginkgoes, and gnetophytes grow by spores or by seeds?
They are gymnosperms and grow by seeds.
200
What are the two main groups of trees?
The two main groups of trees are deciduous and coniferous(evergreen).
300
Vascular or Nonvascular?
This is a vascular plant.
300
What are stages 3, 4, and 5 of the life cycle of an apple?
The last stages of the life cycle of an apple are the bud, blossom, and fruit stages. (In that order)
300
What are monocots?
Monocots are flowering plants with one seed leaf or a cotyledon emerging from their embryo.
300
What is a gymnosperm?
Gymnosperms are flowerless plants that produce cones and seeds.
300
How can you tell the difference between a coniferous tree and a deciduous in the fall or winter?
Conifers have hard needle-like leaves that remain green year-round while deciduous trees' leaves change color in the fall and fall off completely in the winter.
400
Explain what a nonvascular plant is.
Nonvascular plants are without a vascular system and they rely on their environment for food and water.
400
What are the five basic parts of an apple?
The five basic parts of an apple are the skin, stem, fruit/flesh, core, and seeds.
400
What are dicots?
Dicots are flowering plants with a pair of seed leaves or cotyledons emerging from their embryo.
400
The term gymnosperm comes from what two Greek words and what do they mean?
Gymno = Naked
Sperma = Seed
400
Explain what tree rings are.
Tree Rings show patterns of change in the tree’s life and changes in its environment.
500
Vascular or Nonvascular? 
This is a nonvascular plant.
500
How many days does it take for an apple to be ready to harvest?
It usually takes 160-180 days for an apple to be ready to harvest.
500
Name 4 differences between monocots and dicots.
500
What is a nonflowering plant?
A nonflowering plant is a plant that doesn't produce flowers and reproduces by spores or seeds.
500
What do the light-colored tree rings represent?
A. Spring and early summer
B. Late summer and fall
The light-colored rings represent wood that grew in the spring and early summer, while the dark rings represent wood that grew in the late summer and fall.