Evolution of Plants

Question 1

Describe main characteristics of vascular plants

Answer 1

True leaves, stems, or roots.
Vascular tissue to transport water and nutrients

Question 2

Describe main characteristics of nonvascular plants

Answer 2

Bryophytes (Moss) are non-vascular, meaning they do not have vascular tissue, like phloem and xylem. Gymnosperms

Question 3

Describe main characteristics of seed-producing

Answer 3

Ovary-containing female flowers are pollinated by male flowers and produce seeds within the ovary, called fruits

Question 4

Describe main characteristics of flowering plants

Answer 4

Anything with seeds is considered a fruit because it developed from a flower.

Question 5

Describe main characteristics of monocots

Answer 5

-One cotyledon
-Vein usually parallel
-Vascular bundles
usually complexly arranged
-Fibrous root system
-Floral parts usually in multiples of three.

Question 6

Describe main characteristics of dicots

Answer 6

-Not parallel
-Main root is taproot that other root branch off.
-Soil dig deeper and thicker
-Two cotyledons
-Veins usually netlike
-Vascular bundles usually arranged in a ring.
Floral parts multiple of 4 or 5

Question 7

Correctly write scientific names including subspecies and cultivars

Answer 7

Allium (Genus) sativum (Species)

Question 8

Summarize the life cycles of annual

Answer 8

One year

Question 9

Summarize the life cycles of biennial

Answer 9

Two years

Question 10

Summarize the life cycles of perennial

Answer 10

More the two years