Practice Worksheet Plant Anatomy

1. Label the structures on the

cross-section of a leaf:

2. Describe these leaves as simple, pinnately compound, or palmately compound:

3. Identify these leaves as belonging to a monocot or dicot:

4. Flowering plants are grouped into 2 categories monocots and dicots.

Determine which characteristics belong to each category by writing an M or D
in the table next to each illustration.

Characteristic Monocot or Dicot??

Leaf Venation
(organization of
veins in leaves)
parallel
branching

Root type

taproot fibrous

Number of
flower parts
(petals)

often 4 or 5
multiples of 3

Veins in the
stem

scattered
throughout circle around outside
Practice Worksheet Plant Anatomy
ANSWERS

1. Label the structures on the

cross-section of a leaf:

2. Describe these leaves as simple, pinnately compound, or palmately compound:

simple
pinnately
compound

palmately
compound

palmately
compound

pinnately
compound
3. Identify these leaves as belonging to a monocot or dicot:

5. Flowering plants are grouped into 2 categories monocots and dicots.

Determine which characteristics belong to each category by writing an M or D
in the table next to each illustration.

Characteristic Monocot or Dicot??

MD
Leaf Venation
(organization of
veins in leaves)
parallel
branching

D Root type
M
taproot fibrous

Number of
M flower parts
(petals)
D

often 4 or 5
multiples of 3

Veins in the
M stem
D

scattered
throughout circle around outside