Diversity Of Plants

Question 1

Give an example of spore producing plants

Answer 1

Mosses

Ferns

Question 2

What can seed producing plants be grouped into

Answer 2

Angiosoerms and Gymnosperms

Question 3

What are angiosperms

Answer 3

Most diverse group of plants
Reproduce using flowers
Seeds grow inside once flower is fertilized

Question 4

What are gymnosperms

Answer 4

Comes not flowers
No fruit
E.G. Cycads or pine trees

Question 5

Two magor groups of angiosoerms

Answer 5

Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons

Question 6

Characteristics of Monocot plants

Answer 6

. The parts of the flower are arranged in 3s or groups of 3
. The stem stays green and flexible
. The leaves are long and strap- like
. Leaves are attached to the stem with a leaf sheath.
. An adventitious root system

Question 7

Characteristics of a dicot plant

Answer 7

. The parts of the flower are arranged in 4s or 5s or multiples of these
. An axillary bud grows in the angle formed by the petiole and the stem.
. Different species have different shaped leaves
. Stems start of flexible and become hard
. Tap root system
. Side roots grow off the main root