PLANTS

vascular/non vascular, seedless/seed

Do Now

Quietly review your notes on plants for 5 minutes

Round 1- Rules

All questions in Round 1 are worth 1 point.

All teams must answer every question Correct answers receive 1 point and

incorrect answers will deduct 1 point from the team’s score.

Write all answers down.

Round 1

Copy word box into notes for reference: cellulose, cuticle, nonvascular plant,

phloem, pioneer species, rhizoid, vascular plant, xylem

Round 1- Question 1

Root is to fern as ____________ is to moss

Round 1- Question 2

Phloem is to food transport as ______________ is to water transport.

Round 1- Question 3

Vascular plant is to horsetail as ________________ is to liverwort.

Round 1- Question 4

Cellulose is to support as _____________ is to protect.

Round 1- Question 5

Fuel is to ferns as _____________ is to bryophyte (seedless nonvascular) plants.

Round 1- Question 6

Cuticle is to wax as __________ is to fibers.

Round 2- Rules All questions in Round 2 are multiple

choice. Teams will be given 10 seconds to answer

the question before viewing the choices. If they get the answer correct within the first 10

seconds, they will receive 2 points, however, if it is wrong, they will lose 1 point.

After 10 seconds, choices will be revealed and teams will gain 1 point for the correct answer or lose one point for the incorrect response.

Round 2- Question 1

Which of the following is a seedless vascular plant?

A. moss B. liverwort C. horsetail D. pine

Round 2- Question 2

What are the plant structures that anchor the plant called?

A. stems B. leaves C. roots D. guard cells

Round 2- Question 3

What group has plants that are only a few cells thick?

A. gymnosperms Cycads Ferns Mosses

Round 2- Question 4

What kinds of plants have structures that move water and other substances?

A. vascular B. protist C. nonvascular D. bacterial

Round 2- Question 5

Which one of the following do ferns have?

A. cones B. rhizoids C. spores D. seeds

Round 2- Question 6

Which one of the following is an advantage to life on land for plants?

A. more direct sunlight B. less carbon dioxide C. greater space to grow D. less competition for food

Round 3- Rules

Questions in this round are worth 3 points.

Teams will gain 3 points for a correct answer or lose 3 points for the incorrect answer.

Partial credit will be given.

Round 3- Question 1

What might happen if a land plant’s waxy cuticle was destroyed?

Round 3- Question 2

Plants called succulents store large amounts of water in their leaves, stems and roots. In what environments would you expect to find succulents growing naturally?

Round 3- Question 3

Explain why mosses usually are found in moist areas.

Round 3- Question 4

Recognize Cause and Effect: How do pioneer species change environments so that other plants can grow there?

Round 3- Question 5

On a walk through the woods with a friend, you find a plant neither of you have seen before. The plant has green leaves and yellow flowers. Your friend says it is a vascular plant. How does your friend know?

Round 3- Question 6

Sequence: Put the following events in order to show how coal is formed from plants:

1- Living seedless plants 2- Coal is formed 3- Dead seedless plants decay 4- Peat is formed

Bonus Round Copy and complete this map for the seedless plants of the plant kingdom. *Use your notes!

Seedless Plants

Nonvascular plants

Mosses, liverworts

and hornworts

Vascular Plants

Ferns Horsetails

Club mosses

Transport tissueNo transport tissue

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