Vascular and Nonvascular Plants

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Classifying Plants
Vascular and Nonvascular Plants
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One way scientists classify plants is Vascular
Plants vs. Nonvascular Plants. Vascular plants
have _______ which carry water and nutrients
through the plant. a) cells b) roots c) leaves d)
tubes
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• This tree is a _____ pant?
• vascular
• nonvascular

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This is an enlarged picture of liverwart. It is
only about one inch high. Liverwart is a ________
plant? a) vascular b) nonvascular
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Vascular plants can grow very tall, because tubes
in their stems carry water throughout the plant.
Trees are ______ plants? a) vascular b)
nonvascular
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• Flowering plants are an example of _______
  plants?
• vascular b) nonvascular
• c) both d) neither

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The moss, shown here growing on the roof, is a
______ plant. a) vascular b) nonvascular
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Nonvascular plants usually grow near _____, or in
moist areas because they do not have deep
roots. a) water b) mountains c) houses
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The veins in the leaf above indicate that the
leaf is from a ______ plant? a) vascular b)
nonvascular
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In the stem cross-section, you can see the
vessels which transport water through the plant.
The stem is from a ______ plant. a) vascular b)
nonvascular
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_______ plants like these never grow tall,
because because they don't have a system of
vessels to carry water around the plant. a)
Vascular b) Nonvascular
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Green algae is considered a _________ plant. a)
Vascular b) nonvascular
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________ plants do not have a system of tubes to
carry water through them. a) Vascular b)
Nonvascular
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This tomato plant is a ______ plant. a)
vascular b) nonvascular