Biodiveristy and Classification

• What is the main difference between vascular and non vascular plants?

  Vascular Plants have tube like structures which are the xylem and phloem that help transport the water but non vascular plants don’t have this. they don’t have proper roots or stems
• All plants are part of the plant kingdom. Name other kingdoms


  Animals and Fungi
• Classification


  Putting things into groups based on their traits (features)
• Ways to classify plants

  • Vascular
  • Non-vascular
• Vascular plants


  • Have tube-like structures called xylem and phloem
  • Xylem and phloem transport water, mineral and food around the plant
• Vascular plants


  • Ferns
  • Cone-bearing plants
  • Flowering plants
• Non-vascular plants


  • Absorb water through the surface of their leaves
• Non-vascular plants


  • Mosses
  • Hornworts
  • Liverworts
• Biodiversity


  Habitats containing many different species have greater biodiversity