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Biology Form III

Pre-TEST: CLASSIFICATION OF KINGDOM PLANTAE: DIVISION ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA
&CONIFEROPHYTA
Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer in the BOX and circle the answer under the question.
1. A distinctive feature of Kindom Angiospermophyta is
a. They reproduce using spores.
b. Their body is composed of mycelium made from a network of filaments called hyphae.
c. They reproduce using seeds produced by flowers.
d. They are only found in desert environments.
2. A distinctive feature of Kindom Plantae, division Coniferophyta is
a. They have two different generations called gametophyte (sexual) and sporophyte (asexual).
b. They reproduce using seed-like ovules contained in cones and have needle shape leaves.
c. They reproduce using seeds produced by flowers.
d. They get food by the absorbing nutrients from dead or decaying plants and animals.
3. Male and female cones of Pinus differ in the following ways:
a. Male cones produce yellowish powder called pollen and female cones produce naked seeds called ovules.
b. Male cones contain male gametes (sex cells) and female cones contain female gametes.
c. Male cones are smaller than female cones.
d. ALL of the answers above are correct.
4. The term evergreens means:
a. These plants use photosynthesis to obtain food.
b. These plants are not green, do not contain chlorophyll and cannot photosynthesize and are not producers.
c. These plants keep their leaves all year round.
d. These plants produce green fruits.
5. One advantage of conifers (plants of division coniferophyta) is:
a. The wood requires the use of preservatives because it is soft and prone to termites.
b. The trees are fast growing and grow tall and straight, useful for electrical poles
c. They are grown in plantations that displace natural communities of plants.
6. One advantage of angiosperms (plants of division Angiospermophyta) is
a. These plants have a wide variety of uses to humans such as food, paper, cotton, sisal, medicines, and
hardwood for furniture.
b. Some of these plants are poisonous to humans such as deadly nightshade.
c. These plants have leaves that fall off and produce litter that must be removed around homes.
d. The trees are fast growing and grow tall and straight, useful for electrical poles

SHORT ANSWER: EACH GROUP MEMBER WRITES ANSWERS IN THEIR COUNTER BOOKS
1. Draw diagrams showing the ways monocots differ from dicots in terms of the following:
a. Seed structure
b. Leaf shape and Arrangement of veins
c. Type of root system
d. Vascular bundle arrangement in leaf roots and stems.
2. Draw a diagram the flower Delonix regia (flamboyant flower) and label the following parts:
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a. petal g. stigma
b. stalk h. style
c. receptacle i. ovary
d. nectar j. stamen
e. sepal k. anther
f. carpel l. filament

3. Describe the function of each of the following:

a. sepal
b. petal
c. carpel
d. stamen.
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Form III Biology
STUDY GUIDE: CLASSIFICATION OF KINGDOM PLANTAE:
DIVISION ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA & CONIFEROPHYTA
Copy the notes and questions. Write the answers in your Biology Counter Book. Remember to include this
topic in your Table of Contents and the pages that your work can be found.
Refer to the following pages to complete the activities in this study guide.
 Pages in Biology for Secondary Schools Book II
 Pages, Introduction to Biology Third Tropical Edition
 Pages in GCE Biology.

DIVISION ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA (ANGIOSPERMS)

FLOWERING PLANTS
CHARACTERISTICS:
 Have roots stems and leaves
 Have xylem, and phloem
 Have a specialized reproductive system consisting of flowers and fruits.
 Seeds produced inside the ovary, inside the flower.
 Male gametes are contained inside pollen which is carried by a variety of ways to the female gamete. Therefore
water is not needed for the male gamete to swim such as in ferns, mosses and liverworts, AND these plants are
able to live even in very dry places such as deserts.
Two Classes:
Monocotyledonae (monocots)
DIVISION CONIFEROPHYTA
Dicotyledonae (dicots)(CONIFERS)
Distinguishing features of Angiosperms: larches, pines, cedars, and cypress.
I. The reproductive structure is a flower
CHARACTERISTICS:
Monocots Dicots
 Have roots stems and leaves
Fibrous root
 Have xylem, and phloem
system Tap root system
Leaves with parallel
 Reproduce by seeds veins (grass-like) Leaves with reticulate or net veination
 Seeds produced inside cones. (broad leaf)
Flower parts in threes or multiples of three, petals Flower parts in fours or fives or multiples;
 Male gametes are contained inside pollen which is carried by the wind to the female gamete.
Petals and sepals distinct
Thereforeand sepals
water is notindistinct
needed for the male gamete to swim such as in ferns, mosses and liverworts
Vascular
ANDbundles whichareare
these plants scattered
able in the
to live even in stem
very dryVascular bundles
places such which form a ring in the stem
as deserts.
EX: bean, castor, groundnut, mango, peas EX: maize, coconut, millet, wheat
a. When anthers and carpel are found on the same flower the flower is bisexual. Ex: Delonix regia
b. When
Distinguishing anthers
features ofand carpel are found on separate flowers (male and female flowers) the flowers are unisexual.
conifers:
I. Ex: maize
Mostly trees and shrubs with needle-shaped leaves.
II.II. Ovules are enclosed
Reproductive in the ovary
structures are and hence the seeds are enclosed in a fruit.
cones
III.III. Vary
The greatly
ovulesin (seeds)
form, size,
areand habitat.
naked, i.e.Ex: woody
they (trees
are not and shrubs),
enclosed insidenon-woody (maizeand
an ovary wall, andhence
beans).
there is no
IV. fruit.
Wide range of habitats. Ex: terrestrial (land plants) and aquatic (usually fresh water) habitats.
IV.
Advantages The majority are evergreen – they keep their leaves all year round
of Angiosperms:
V. Several
Widely distributed
species geographically,
are cultivated for hardwoodbuttimber
are commonly foundfurniture
used in building in areas such
withascool climates.
mahogany
 Used in making herbal and pharmaceutical medicines
Advantages
 Paper isof conifers
made from wood pulp

 Cotton is grown fast
Conifers are growing
and used so are grown in plantations and produce timber.
for cloth
 Important as “soft wood”, used for timber and resins. For example: larches, pines, cedars, and
 Sisal fibres are used for baskets and mats
cypress.
 Large variety of food crops including fruits and vegetables
 Used for paper making industry, building industry, and furniture making industry.
Disadvantages:
 Trunks grow very tall and straight, used for electricity poles.
 A few species are poisonous such as deadly nightshade
 A few species
Disadvantages cause skin irritation such as nettles.
of conifers
 In comparison to most hardwoods, soft woods require the use of preservatives to prevent termite
infestation.
 Large conifer plantations have displaced natural plant communities and populations decreasing
diversity of organisms in the environment.
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Part I Vocabulary
Write the definition for the following terms.
1 germination 11 conifer
2 fertilization 12 angiosperm
3 embryo 13 seed
4 zygote 14 fruit
5 carpel 15 monocotyledonous
6 stamen 16 dicotyledonous
7 pollen 17 vascular bundle
8 ovule 18 venation
9 flower 19 bisexual
10 cone 20 unisexual
Part II Observations and Drawing
DIVISION ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA (ANGIOSPERMS)
Observe the external parts of a flower provided.
 Draw a picture of a flower from a Flamboyant tree.
 Label the following parts:
o Petal, sepal, stalk, nectar receptacle
FEMALE PARTS
o Carpel, stigma, style, ovary, ovule,
MALE PARTS
o Stamen, anther, filament
Observe and draw the following from a monocot and a dicot plant
o Leaf’
o Root system
o Cross-section the stem labeling vascular bundles, xylem and phloem and cambium

DIVISION CONIFEROPHYTA (CONIFERS)

Observe the parts of a male and female cone provided.
 Draw a picture of a male and female cone and label the following parts:
FEMALE CONE
o Ovule, megasporophyll
MALE CONE
o Pollen sac, microsporophyll
Observe and draw a group of needles on a conifer branch.