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Plant Classification
I.
Plants are grouped into Divisions, Classes, and Orders based
on _____________________ characteristics
II.
A.
____________________________ to carry water & nutrients
B.
__________________ Production
C.
_______________________ Production
D.
Type of _____________________ produced
Vascular or Nonvascular
A. Most plants have _______________________ for transporting water and
nutrients within the plant.
B.
These are called _________________________________ Plants
C. A few plants do not have these vessels. These _______________ plants
depend on diffusion to carry water from one part to another.
D.
These are called ____________________________ Plants
III. NONVASCULAR Plants
A.
Some examples of Nonvascular plants are:
1.
__________________________
2.
__________________________
3.
__________________________
IV. Seed Producing or Seedless
A. Most plants reproduce by making seeds during part of their life
cycle.
1.
These are known as _______________________ Plants
2.
A seed is produced from an _____________ cell that is fertilized by
________________________ from ________________________ grains.
B.
Some plants do not produce seeds.
1.
These are known as ___________________________ Plants.
2.
They reproduce by making ___________________________ which grow into
a free-living GAMETOPHYTE.
3.
The Gametophyte then makes egg and sperm cells that combine
and grow into a new plant (the SPOROPHYTE).
V.
Seedless Plants
A.
B.
Some examples of seedless plants are:
1.
__________________________________
2.
__________________________________
3.
__________________________________
Seedless plants used to be more abundant and larger.
C. Much of the __________________ we burn today is made of the remains
of seedless plants that grew, lived and died about 300 million years
ago.
VI. Life Cycle of a Seedless Plant
VII. Flowering or Non-Flowering
A.
Some plants produce their seeds inside a _______________ structure
that then produces a _________________.
1.
B.
These are called flowering plants or _______________________________
Some plants produce seeds that are not protected by a fruit, but
may develop inside a _________________.
1.
These plants are known as ________________________________________
VIII. Gymnosperms
A.
There are four groups of gymnosperms
1.
_______________________________ (Pines, Spruce, Firs, etc.)
2.
Ginkgoes
3.
Cycads
4.
Gnetophytes
IX. Gymnosperm
Life Cycle
X.
Monocots or Dicots
A. ______________________________ (flowering plants) make seeds that are
protected by a fruit.
B. The seeds have stored food for the baby plant to rely on to get
started in life.
C.
This stored food is called a ______________________
D.
Flowering plants have seeds with either:
1.
______________ Cotyledon – MONOCOTS, or
2.
______________ Cotyledons – DICOTS
XI. MONOCOTS
A.
Monocots have seeds with one cotyledon.
B.
Examples of Monocots:
C.
1.
____________________________
2.
____________________________
3.
____________________________
Other characteristics of Monocots:
1.
__________________________ veins in leaves
2.
Flower parts in _________________
3.
Bundles of vascular tissue ______________________ throughout the stem
XII. DICOTS
A.
Dicots have seeds with TWO Cotyledons
B.
Examples of Dicots
C.
1.
____________________________
2.
____________________________
3.
____________________________
Other characteristics of Dicots:
1.
_____________________ Veins in Leaves
2.
Flower parts in ______________ or ________________
3.
Bundles of vascular tissue in a _______________ inside the stem
XIII. Life Cycle of an Angiosperm