Student Name: Elly Whitaker

Biodiversity Online Lab

Instructions: Examine the seed size, seed shape, leaf shape, and stem type of each plant specimen; then
record your observations in the data table below. Keep in mind that observations can be in the form of
numbers, words, and drawings.

Data:

Specimen# Leaf Shape Seed Size Seed Shape Stem Type

Bipinnate 0.5 cm wide round Dicot Stem

1

Lobed 2 cm wide Oval Dicot stem

2

Linear 0.25 cm wide Short, round, Monocot Stem

3 oval

Entire 12 cm wide large and round Monocot stem

4

lobed 1.5 cm wide Flat and oval Dicot stem

5

Analysis:

1. Which characteristic did most plants have in common? Which differed the most between the species?

The characteristic they shared the most was the stem type. What differed the most was I
would have to say the seed size and shape.

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2. All of the plant specimens are angiosperms. Are all angiosperms dicots? How do you know?

No, I know this because some stem types that where shown where monocots.

3. Which two plant specimens are the most closely related? Why?

2 and 5, I think the reason for this is because they both produce the same type of fruit.
They both produce pumpkins, but the type of pumpkin they produce are different.

4. Identify two more characteristics that can also be used to classify plant species.

You can also classify plants by wether or not they produce flowers, and if they do, they can
also tell by the type of flowers they produce. And also by how plants reproduce.