Speaking of flowers

Speaking of flowers, you and Emily probably need to find out more about flowering plants to help you with your identification.

Emily is flat out preparing displays for the spring sale so she has asked you to find out about the difference between the two types of flowering plants:

She has already done some work on this and has drawn up a comparison table to help you.

 Different types of flowers

 
 
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Go to the Botany file in the bookcase to see diagrams of monocots and dicots and find out in what ways they differ from each other.

It may help you to label diagrams of a typical monocot and dicot. Print these blank diagrams to practise on.
 
 

 

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Download the comparison table and, using the resources in the bookcase and your workplace, summarise the differences between monocots and dicots.

Send this summary to your online teacher. Include your labelled diagrams to help you demonstrate that you understand the differences.