SEED PLANTS

EXERCISE I.

Answer the following.

1. There are only two classes of seed plants. ( )

a) Yes b) no c)I don’t know

2. All seed plants reproduce bisexually. ( )

a) Yes b) no c)I don’t know

3. Some classes of seed plants are more primitive tan others. ( )

a) Yes b) no c)I don’t know

4. All seed plants are flowering plants. (…)

a) Yes b) no c)I don’t know

EXERCISE II.

Refer to the text and complete the following.

1. In sentence (6), this class replaces ______________________________

2. In sentence (7), they replaces _________________________________

3. In sentence (7), this class replaces______________________________

EXERCISE III.

Refer back to the text and complete the following.

1. The second major class from sentence (5) is substituted

In sentence (5) by __________________

In sentence (6) by ___________________ and __________________

In sentence (7) by ___________________ and __________________

2. Gymnosperms and angiosperms from sentence (2) and (4) is substituted

in sentence (9) by ______________________________
*Adapted from William L. Smallwood and E. R. Green. Biology Morristown, New
Jersey: Silver Burdett, p. 460

EXERCISE IV.

You can understand many concepts in this text because some words are similar
to Spanish. For example (e.g.) typical. Write more examples from the text.

1. ________________ 4. __________________

2. ________________ 5.___________________

3. ________________ 6.___________________

EXERCISE V.

Write in the parentheses the number of the sentences from the text which
contain the following information.

1. The majority of gymnosperms produce seed in cones and as result of this

they are called conifers.
( )

2. The angiosperms is the second most important class of seed plants with
more plants and more variety.
( )

3. The forms of reproduction of the gymnosperms and the angiosperms are

not very different.
( )

EXERCISE VI.

Write whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Most of the angiosperms reproduce asexually. ( )

YOUR ANSWER WAS BASED ON ( )

a) All angiosperms reproduce bisexually.

b) The flower is the reproductive system of all the angiosperms.

 c) The majority of angiosperms reproduce bisexually, but there are
some which reproduce asexually ( )

2. The angiosperms are more primitive seed plants than the

gymnosperms ( )

YOUR ANSWER WAS BASED ON ( )

a) The gymnosperms are more primitive tan the angiosperms.

b) The gymnosperms are not very primitive.

c) The angiosperms are as primitive as the gymnosperms.

3. The reproductive system of the gymnosperms is the flower ( )

YOUR ANSWER WAS BASED ON ( )

a) The gymnosperms reproduce asexually.

b) The cones are the reproductive system of the angiosperms

c) The gymnosperms produce cones.

4. The angiosperms produce seed in cones. ( )

YOUR ANSWER WAS BASED ON ( )

a) The angiosperms are called flowering plants.

b) Seeds in cones are the product of the gymnosperms.

c) The gymnosperms are called conifers.

EXERCISE VII.

Choose the correct answer

1. The gymnosperms are ( )

a) Older than the angiosperms.

b) Younger than the angiosperms.

c) As old as the angiosperms.

2. The angiosperms group is ( )

a) As large as the gymnosperms

b) Larger than the gymnosperms

c) Smaller than the gymnosperms

 3. The gymnosperms are ( )

a) Less primitive than the angiosperms

b) As primitive as the angiosperms

c) More primitive than the angiosperms.

EXERCISE VIII.

Complete the following table with information from the text.

Scientific name common name examples

SEED PLANTS

EXERCISE IX

Choose the correct answer.

1. ´Therefore´ in sentence (3) introduces ( )

a) an example.

b) a contrast.

c) a conclusion.

2. ´However´ in sentence (7) introduces ( )

a) a conclusion.

b) a contrast.

c) an example.

3. ´But´ in sentence (9), indicates ( )

a) additional information.
 b) a contrast between two statements.

c) a comparison between two statements.

EXERCISE X.

In this text you find several words which are qualifying another word in some way.
Their termination is –ly e. g. in sentence (3) qualifies
commonly called
Find further examples in the text. Write both the example and the word being
qualified.

1. __________________________ _________________________

2. __________________________ _________________________

3. __________________________ _________________________

Read the following and notice the underlined words.

(1) The plants in the class Gymnospermae are usually large.

(2) Many of the 1.000 species in this class are trees called
evergreens.

(3) This common name was given to these conifers because they do
not shed their leave.

Notice that the class Gymnospermae is substituted in sentence (2) by this class
and that this common name refers to evergreens which is later substituted by
these conifers, they and their.

EXERCISE XI.

Look at the following

Complete the following. Use the words in the column on the right.

There are two subclasses of angiosperms; ________ is other

the subclass Monocotyledonae. The members of _____ one

class are commonly called monocots. The __________ this

subclass is the Dycotyledonae__________members are its

called dicots. The primary difference between the two groups of flowering plants
is the number of cotyledons, or seed leaves, inside the seed.