Plant Kingdom Gallery Walk Jigsaw Activity
Students will use I-pads to scan QR codes to discovery how plants are classified.
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In groups of four, assign each member a plant group.
Open QR reader on your I-Pad and scan the code for your assigned group.
Complete Gallery walk question guide while going through the presentation.
Go back to groups and share your knowledge with your group to complete the
guide.
Seedless nonvascular Plants
1. What are three types of seedless nonvascular plants?
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2. Where does moss grow and live?
A. Area of high moisture
B. In the water
C. In fruit you eat
3. How does moss reproduce?
4. Bryophyte is another word for mosses
A. True
B. False
5. Mosses have lived on Earth longer than dinosaurs did
A. True
B. False
6. Mosses is good for the soil because
A. It is not good for the soil
B. It holds water and it also adds nutrients to the soil
C. Creates soil erosion
Seedless Vascular Plants
7. How does the ferns stem differ from the mosses stem?
8. Ferns use spores to reproduce.
A. True
B. False
9. Name 4 examples of seedless vascular plants.
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10.Where can ferns live?
Gymnosperms
11.Gymnosperms have seeds which are enclosed in a fruit.
A. True
B. False
12.What does the word “gymnosperm” mean?
13.List three examples of Gymnosperms.
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14.All evergreens have needle-like leaves.
A. True
B. False
15.Some gymnosperms grow in tropical climates
A. True
B. False
16.What is the most common example alive today?
Images show examples of gymnosperms. 1. Cycad species (Cycas revoluta) is a member of the subclass Cycadidae. 2.
Gingko (Gingko biloba) is a member of the subclass Gingkoidae. 3. Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) is a member of the
Gnetidae. 4. Pines (Pinus sp.) and other conifers are members of the subclass Pinidae. Conifers are the most common
gymnosperms.
Angiosperms
17.What is the largest phylum in the Plant Kingdom?
18.What are two characteristics of angiosperms that gymnosperms do not
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19.What makes angiosperms so successful among the plant kingdom?
20.Angiosperms are classified into two main groups based on their seed
types. Name the two groups.
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21.Plants are also classified by their lifespan. Describe the three types of
plant life spans.
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