Classifying Plants
Standards:
Students will be able to
demonstrate how plants are sorted
into groups.
• Essential Questions:
How is the classification of plants and
animals similar and different?
Vocabulary to Know
• Botanist
• Vascular plant
• Nonvascular plant
Plants
• Plants do not have fur, scales, or blood,
so how are they classified?
Like animals, plants are divided into two
main groups. Then these two groups
are divided into smaller groups.
The ways that plants get their food and
the ways that they create new plants
will help you classify them.
How are they
classified?
• One way that plants can be classified is
by how they carry water. Plants can
either be Vascular or Nonvascular.
• Vascular means “having tubes”
• Nonvascular mean “not having tubes”
Vascular Plant
Plants that have tubes, roots, stems, and leaves.
These plants stand up tall.
Why are these trees
vascular?
They have tubes, roots, stems, and
leaves.
They also stand up tall.
More Vascular Plants
Nonvascular Plant
Plants that do not have tubes, roots,
stems, or leaves. These plants soak
up water and food from the soil, like
sponges. They are also much smaller
than vascular plants.
Why is this an example of a
Non-Vascular plant?
Non-Vascular Plants have no roots,
stems, or leaves. They also don’t
have any tubes.
Vascular or Non-Vascular?
Non-Vascular
Vascular or Non-Vascular?
Vascular
Moss on the Tree:
Vascular or Non-Vascular?
Non-Vascular
Vascular or Non-Vascular?
Vascular
Quiz Time…
Why are fungi nonvascular plants?
a. They have tubes inside their leaves and
stems.
b. They have no tubes inside their leaves
and stems.
c. They grow from spores.
d. They grow from seeds.
In which group does a cherry tree
belong?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Vascular
Nonvascular
Mold
Spore producing
Why is a fern a vascular plant?
a. It has tubes inside its leaves and stems.
b. It has no tubes inside its leaves and
stems?
c. It grows from spores.
d. It grows from seeds.
Where are the tubes of a vascular
plant found?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Roots
Stems
Leaves
All of the above
None of the above
Which of these is an example of a
nonvascular plant?
a. Conifer
a. Fern
a. Moss
a. Flower