NAME: TANG CHAI YEE

SCHOOL: SMJK CHUNG LING (CF)

NAME OF PKG: AIR ITAM
TITLE : 3.3 Classification of Plants
1)INTRODUCTION
THEME : Man And The Variety of Living Things
LEARNING AREA : Biodiversity
LEARNING OBJECTIVES : Understanding variety of living organisms and
their classification
LEARNING OUTCOMES : Classify various plants based on common charactistics
2) INTRODUCTION

Table below shows the characteristics of a dicotyledon and monocotyledon .

Characteristics
Dicotyledons
Monocotyledons
Type of veins found on
leaves
Type of roots
Number of cotyledons
in seeds
Type of stem
Examples

Leaves have network veins

Leaves have parallel veins

Tap root system

Two cotyledons

Fibrous root system

One cotyledon

Hard and woody stem

rubber trees, durian trees, hibiscus
plants and rambutan

Soft and non-woody stem

paddy plants, grass and
oilpalm.

3)EVALUATION
1

State two types of flowering plants.

State and draw the types of leaf vein of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.

State and draw the types of root of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.

State the types of stem of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.

State the number of cotyledons of the seeds of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.
6

State whether each of the given plants is a monocotyledon or dicotyledon.

Rubber tree , Oil palm tree ,Durian tree , Coconut tree ,
Balsam plant ,Maize plant ,Grass , Paddy plant

4) SUMMARY
Monocotyledons

Dicotyledons

Cotyledon
s

one cotyledons

Two
cotyledons

Leaves

Parallel vein

network
vein

Roots

Fibrous

Taproot

Examples

Grass

Durian tree

Paddy

Sunflower

plants

Answer
1

State two types of flowering plants.

Monocoyledons and dicotyledons

State and draw the types of leaf vein of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.

Leaves

Parallel vein
network vein

State and draw the types of root of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.

Roots

Fibrous

Taproot

State the types of stem of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.

monotcotyledons with soft stem and dicotyledons with hard woody stem.

State the number of cotyledons of the seeds of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plants.
One cotyledon for monocotyledon but two cotyledon for dicotyledon.

6 State whether each of the given plants is a monocotyledon or dicotyledon.

MonocotDicot-

Maize plant , Oil palm tree , Grass , Paddy plant, Coconut tree ,
Rubber tree , Balsam plant , Durian tree