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CHAPTER 28 ACTIVE READING WORKSHEETS
PLANT EVOLUTION AND
CLASSIFICATION
Section 28-3: Vascular Plants
Look at the figure below, which covers topics from your textbook. Answer the
questions that follow.
Use the figure to answer the following questions. Write your answers on the lines
Comparing Monocots and Dicots
Plant type
Monocots
Embryos
One
cotyledon
Leaves
Parallel
venation
Stems
Scattered
vascular
bundles
Flower parts
Usually occur
in threes
Dicots
Two
cotyledons
Net venation
Radially
arranged
vascular
bundles
Usually occur
in fours or
fives
Examples
Lilies, irises,
orchids,
palms,
tulips,
bananas,
pineapples,
onions,
bamboo,
coconut,
wheat, corn,
rice, oats,
barley,
sugarcane
beans,
lettuce,
oaks,
maples,
elms, roses,
carnations,
cactuses,
most broadleaved
forest trees
provided.
SKILL: Interpreting Graphics
1. What are the similarities and differences between monocot and dicot leaves?
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2. What are the similarities and differences between monocot and dicot stems?
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Circle the letter of the word that best completes the analogy.
3. Monocot is to bamboo as dicot is to
a. rice.
b. orchid.
c. banana.
d. carnation.
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Vascular Plants