Monocots and Dicots

Question 1

What is a monocot + example

Answer 1

Monocot is a flowering plant that emerges from ONE cotyledon
Corn seed is an example

Question 2

What is a dicot + example

Answer 2

Dicot is a flowering plant that emerges from TWO cotyledon
Bean seed is an example

Question 3

Key differences in mon0cots and dicots

Answer 3

Number of embryonic seed leaves
Organisation of vascular tissues
Venation
Number of flowering parts
Presence of wood
Root system

Question 4

Fill in the blank: Dicots usually have flower parts in multiples of ___.

Answer 4

Four or five

Question 5

What is a key characteristic of monocots in terms of seed structure?

Answer 5

Monocots have a single cotyledon in their seeds.

Question 6

True or False: Monocots typically have parallel leaf venation. Dicots have net like leaf. venation

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Fill in the blank: Monocots usually have flower parts in multiples of ___.

Answer 7

three

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of monocots? A) Fibrous root system B) Net-like leaf venation C) Flowers in threes

Answer 8

B) Net-like leaf venation

Question 9

What type of vascular tissue (root and stem) arrangement is commonly found in monocots?

Answer 9

Roots have VASCULAR tissue aggressed in RINGS
Stems have BUNDLES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE
Monocots make woods and dicots do not.

Answer 10

FALSE
Monocots DO NOT make wood
Dicots DO make wood with a certain tissue called CAMBIUM

Question 11

What type of vascular tissue (root and stem) arrangement is commonly found in dicots?

Answer 11

Roots have BUNDLES in STAR SHAPE
Stem are ARRANGED IN A RING

Question 12

Root system of monocots

Answer 12

Fibrous roots covered in fungi