How are plants classified?
What are MOSSES?
- Not vascular plants - No roots or leaves - Small - Grow near ground - Food passes from once cell to another - Most live in moist places - REPRODUCES: by forming spores
What are CONIFERS?
- VASCULAR PLANTS - "EVERGREENS" - Produce seeds in cones
What are FERNS?
- VASCULAR PLANTS - Flowerless, seedless plants - Get energy from sunlight to produce sugar - REPRODUCES: by forming spores
What are FLOWERING PLANTS?
- VASCULAR PLANTS - REPRODUCE: by making flowers from which fruit and seeds develop
What kind of plant is Non-Vascular?
MOSSES
Name 2 ways in which ferns and conifers are alike?
1) Both are VASCULAR PLANTS 2) Both are living organisms
Name 2 ways in which ferns and conifers are different?
1) Conifers produce seeds from needles 2) Ferns reproduce by forming spores
What are TWO kinds of CONES?
1) Female cone - Seeds 2) Male cone - Pollen
FLOWERING PLANTS are classified into 2 groups. What are they?
1) Monocots: 1 seed leaf (grass, corn, rice) 2) Dicots: 2 seed leaves (roses, tomatoes, beans)
What are SPORES?
Black dots on undersides of fern leaves.
How can plants be classified?
By how they reproduce. (seeds, flowers)
What kind of plants reproduce with seeds?
CONIFERS & FLOWERING PLANTS
What is the smallest FLOWERING PLANT?
Duckweed
What kind of plants reproduce with spores?
FERNS & MOSSES
What are EVERGREENS?
Trees that stay green in winter and don't lose their needles.
What are two examples of VASCULAR PLANTS?
Tulips and Celery
What are VASCULAR PLANTS?
VASCULAR PLANTS have cells inside them that form long tubes. The tubes carry water and nutrients through the plant and also strengthen and support it.
