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.