CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS Assignment

Learner’s activity

1. state what you understand by the term classification of plants
2. Name the two groups of plants
3. Apart from root system, identify any other system of a flowering plant
4. How useful is a shoot system to a plant?
5. In the space below, draw the structure of a tap root system
6. Draw a structure of prop roots
7. State the importance of prop roots to a plant
8. Using a diagram, show how plants climb others by clasping
9. Explain the term stem tubers
10. Draw and name parts of a leaf
11. Give two uses of flowers to human beings
12. Draw and name parts of a female part of a flower
13. Using diagrams, show the different stages of a germinating bean seed
14. List any two characteristics of a viable seed
15. If a seed is not viable, it’s said to be dormant. What does seed dormancy mean?
16. Write one word to mean the scattering of seeds from one mother plant to other areas
17. Write any two methods of seed dispersal
18. Give two ways in which seed dispersal can be useful to plants
19. List two differences between wind and animal dispersed seeds
20. Draw the structure of a tridax