1. Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
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2. Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
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SC.3.L.15.2 Classify flowering and non-flowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical characteristics.
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3. Sorting Plants You can group, or classify, plants in different ways.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Sorting Plants
You can group, or classify, plants in different ways.
One way to group them is by type.
Another way to group them is by how their parts are similar.
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4. Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Kinds of Plants
There are many kinds of plants. Vines, trees, and shrubs are three kinds.
Vines have long, thin stems.
Trees are tall. They have thick, woody stems. Each tree has one main stem.
Shrubs are short. They have many woody stems.
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5. Plant Parts One part you can use to classify a plant is its leaves.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Plant Parts
One part you can use to classify a plant is its leaves.
Leaves have different shapes, colors, and sizes.
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6. Blooming! Plants that make flowers are classified as flowering plants.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Blooming!
Plants that make flowers are classified as flowering plants.
Flowering plants come in many sizes, colors, and shapes.
Flowering plants are the largest plant group.
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7. Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Seeds
Flowers make fruits with seeds. Oranges and strawberries are examples of fruits with seeds.
Each seed has a new plant inside that can grow into an adult plant.
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8. Cones! Non-flowering plants are plants that do not make flowers.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Cones!
Non-flowering plants are plants that do not make flowers.
Many non-flowering plants make seeds.
Pine trees are non-flowering plants. They make seeds in cones.
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9. Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Even More!
Mosses are small, soft plants. Ferns are larger plants with leaves called fronds.
Mosses and ferns are non-flowering plants that reproduce by spores.
Spores are plant parts that can grow into new plants.
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10. Spores Spores are released from the stalks of some mosses.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 How Can We Classify Plants?
Spores
Spores are released from the stalks of some mosses.
In ferns, spores form in small groups on the underside of the fronds.
Each group contains hundreds of spores.
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