Monocots and Dicots: Plant Classification
Explore the key differences between monocot and dicot plants, including their seed, leaf, stem, and root structures.
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Monocots and Dicots: Plant Classification
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of monocot and dicot plants.
1. Which of the following is a characteristic of a monocot plant?
Taproot system
Flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5
Parallel leaf venation
Netted leaf venation
2. Dicot seeds typically have:
One cotyledon
Two cotyledons
No cotyledons
Many cotyledons
3. Monocot stems have vascular bundles that are throughout the stem.
4. Dicot plants often have a main root called a .
5. Corn is an example of a dicot plant.
True
False
6. The leaves of dicot plants usually have parallel veins.
True
False
Match the plant part characteristic to its plant type.
7. Fibrous root system
a. Monocot
8. Flower parts in multiples of 5
b. Dicot
9. Vascular bundles scattered
c. Both
10. Describe one key difference between the leaf venation of a monocot and a dicot plant.
11. Look at the image below of a stem cross-section. Is it from a monocot or a dicot? Explain your reasoning.
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