Plant Study Guide - These are some basic questions to see how well you know your plants!

Draw and label the following parts on a seed: seed coat, cotyledon, and embryo.

 

Draw a flower and label the following parts: petals, stamens (anther and filament), sepals, and pistil/carpel (ovary, stigma, and style). Indicate whether the flower is a monocot or dicot.

 

 

Explain five differences between monocots and dicots.

 

 

 

Compare and contrast the following: bryophytes, seedless vascular, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Explain whether each has seeds, vascular tissue, flowers/fruits, and whether they can reproduce without standing water.

 

Explain three adaptations seen in plants that allow them to survive on land.

 

 

What is a stoma? If a plant closes its stomata, explain why this is both advantageous and disadvantageous for a plant?

 

What is the function xylem? Phloem?

 

On a cross-section of a stem, which angiosperms (monocots or dicots) have a vascular ring? Be able to identify the tissue regions found on page 556.