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Botany Review Sheet
1. List the FOUR characteristics of ALL plants.
2. What is the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants?
3. Describe THREE characteristics, TWO examples, and ONE importance of each of the
following types of plants:
a. nonvascular seedless plants
b. vascular seedless plants
c. gymnosperm plants
d. angiosperm plants
4. What are the functions of roots, stems, leaves, and flowers?
5. Describe the difference between the following:
a. xylem and phloem
b. taproots and fibrous roots
c. woody stems and herbaceous stems
d. photosynthesis and respiration
6. What is the equation of photosynthesis? (Label the reactants and the products.)
7. Explain the steps of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant.
8. Define the term limiting factor and provide THREE limiting factors of plants.
9. Define the term tropism and provide TWO types of tropism.
***REVIEW THE VOCAB WORDS (flash cards) – especially the parts of a plant
Botany Review Sheet
10. List the FOUR characteristics of ALL plants.
11. What is the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants?
12. Describe THREE characteristics, TWO examples, and ONE importance of each of the
following types of plants:
a. nonvascular seedless plants
b. vascular seedless plants
c. gymnosperm plants
d. angiosperm plants
13. What are the functions of roots, stems, leaves, and flowers?
14. Describe the difference between the following:
a. xylem and phloem
b. taproots and fibrous roots
c. woody stems and herbaceous stems
d. photosynthesis and respiration
15. What is the equation of photosynthesis? (Label the reactants and the products.)
16. Explain the steps of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant.
17. Define the term limiting factor and provide THREE limiting factors of plants.
18. Define the term tropism and provide TWO types of tropism.
***REVIEW THE VOCAB WORDS (flash cards) – especially the parts of a plant