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How Plants Are Classified

How Plants Are Classified. Essential Question. ?. What are the main ways scientists classify plants?. Monocots Monocotyledons. A seed with one food storage area is called a monocotyledon , or monocot . Flowers of monocots have either three petals or multiples of three.

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How Plants Are Classified

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  1. How Plants Are Classified

  2. Essential Question ? • What are the main ways scientists classify plants?

  3. MonocotsMonocotyledons • A seed with one food storage area is called a monocotyledon, or monocot. • Flowers of monocots have either three petals or multiples of three. • The leaves of monocots are long and slender with veins that are parallel to each other.

  4. MonocotsMonocotyledons • The vascular tube structures are usually scattered randomly throughout the stem. • Examples include grass, corn, rice, lilies, and tulips.

  5. DicotDicotyledons • A seed with two food storage areas is called a dicotyledon, or dicot. • Flowers of dicots have either four or five petals or multiples of these numbers. • The leaves are usually wide with branching veins.

  6. DicotDicotyledons • The vascular tube structures are arranged in circular bundles. • Examples include roses, dandelions, maple, and oak trees.

  7. Comparing the two

  8. Write 2 differences b/w monocots & dicots.

  9. Monocot or Dicot?

  10. Monocot or Dicot?

  11. Monocot or Dicot?

  12. Monocot or Dicot?

  13. Monocot or Dicot?

  14. Monocot or Dicot?

  15. Monocot or Dicot?

  16. Monocot or Dicot?

  17. Monocot or Dicot?

  18. Monocot or Dicot?

  19. Bean Seed

  20. Bean Dissection • Follow your teacher’s directions. • Draw & label the parts of a dicot seed.

  21. Corn Dissection • Follow your teacher’s directions. • Draw & label the parts of a monocot seed.

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