Angiosperms

PA Standards

3.3.7A, 4.7.7A

Angiosperms

1) “Flowering Plants”

Angiosperms

2) Produce seeds inside a fruit.

Angiosperms

3) The two main types of angiosperms are based on the number of cotyledons (the part of the seed that stores FOOD).

Monocots – one cotyledonDicots – two cotyledons

Monocots Dicots

1) Have flower parts in threes1) Have flower parts in fours or fives

Monocots Dicots

2) Narrow leaves with parallel veins2) Broad leaves with branched veins

Monocots Dicots

3) Vascular tissue (vessels) scattered throughout the stem.

3) Vascular tissue in a ring.

Monocots Dicots

4) Seeds have one seed leaf4) Seeds have two seed leaves

Monocot Examples

Corn

Palms

Lilies

Daffodils

Wheat

Grasses

Dicot Examples

Oaks

Dandelions Maples

BeansRoses

Tomatoes

Monocots

Dicots

Monocots & Dicots

Creditshttp://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANTANATII.html