Lab Activity 1 (MONOCOTS vs DICOTS)

Name: ___________________________ Grade & Section: ____________

Date: ___________

PART I. Is a bean a monocot or a dicot? Is a corn a monocot or a dicot? Dissect the seeds and
observe the cotyledons.
Diagram of seeds

Circle one

Explain your evidence

Bean
Monocot
Dicot

Corn
Monocot
Dicot

PART II. Are the flower specimens monocot or dicot? Observe the specimens and fill in the
information below.
Diagram of flowers

Circle one

Flower 1
Monocot
Dicot

Flower 2
Monocot
Dicot

Explain your evidence

PART III. Are the leaf and root specimens monocot or dicot? Observe the specimens and fill in
the information below.
Diagram of leaf &root
Leaf 1

and

Circle one

Explain your evidence

Root 1
Monocot
Dicot

Leaf 2

and

Root 2
Monocot
Dicot

PART IV. Observe the cross-sections of the two angiosperm stems on the microscope slides.
Which one is a monocot and which one is a dicot?
A. Draw the pattern of the vascular tissue of both stem specimens directly into the two
circles in the diagram of the microscope slides below.

Left specimen: __________ stem

1. Circle one: Monocot / Dicot
2. Explain your evidence:

Right specimen: ___________ stem

1. Circle one: Monocot / Dicot
2. Explain your evidence: