Monocotyledon & Dicotyledon Worksheet

FLOWERING AND NON-FLOWERING

Plants

P

Q

Ferns

Flowering Plants

Algae

Mosses

Q

Dicotyledons

Figure 1 1. Figure 1 shows the classification of plants. Study Figure 1 carefully and answer the following questions. a) What is meant by (i) flowering plants :

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_________________________________________________ (ii) dicotyledons : _____________________________________ _________________________________________________ b) Name the groups labeled: P : ____________________________________________________ Q: ____________________________________________________ R: ____________________________________________________ c) Give two examples of each of the following plants: (i) Group Q : ___________________ , _______________________ (ii) Group R : ___________________ , _______________________

2. Complete the following to show the similarities and differences between the monocotyledons and the dicotyledons 1. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________

Similarities

Monocotyledons

Dicotyledons

Differences

Number of cotyledons

Arrangement of leaf veins

Type of root system