1. Section 3:
Seed Plants
Chapter 3 Page 88

2. Question 1 Answer List four characteristics common to all seed plants.
Seed plants have roots, stems, leaves, vascular tissue, and produce seeds.

3. Question Answer
Compare and contrast the characteristics of gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Gymnosperms produce seeds not protected by fruit; most have needlelike, evergreen leaves. Angiosperms produce flowers that become fruits that enclose seeds.

4. Question Answer
Classify a flower with five petals as a monocot or a dicot.
It is from a dicot.

5. Question Answer
Explain why the root system might be the largest part of a plant.
Roots must absorb large amounts of water and nutrients and anchor plants.

6. Question Answer
Think Critically: The cuticle and epidermis of leaves are transparent. If they weren’t, what might be the result?
Less light would reach the chloroplasts, which would reduce the rate of photosynthesis.

7. Question Answer
Form a hypothesis about what substance or substances are produced in palisade cells but not in xylem cells.
Hypothesis should include information that shows the connection between the presence of chloroplasts in cells and sugar production.