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Plant classification flashcards with trees, ferns, algae, and fungi for Grade 5 science.
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This 30-card flashcard set covers plant and organism classification for fifth graders, including deciduous trees, conifers, ferns, algae, and fungi. Topics span tree identification, cone and needle characteristics, spores, fungal roles in ecosystems, and organisms like yeast and lichen. Use it for vocabulary review, test preparation, or as a reference guide during a unit on plant diversity and classification.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Plants
Grade Level:
5th Grade
Updated September 2025

Terms in This Set

  • What type of tree loses its leaves in the fall
  • What tree is a great source of maple syrup
  • The fruit of an oak tree is?
  • What tree bears cones
  • What tree keeps its leaves year-round
  • What tree is the only conifer that has bundles of needles
  • what tree has needles that are individually attached
  • What tree has frosty blue needles
  • What tree has cones that stick straight up in the air
  • What tree has soft, blunt needles
  • What tree is a Deciduous Conifer
  • What tree is the tallest tree in the world
  • What tree is the largest tree in the world
  • What tree grows in swamps and lagoons
  • What tree makes red wood, and contains an oil used to make perfume
  • What tree is a monocot whose leaves are called fronds
  • What plant does not bear seeds, but they makes spores and grow sideways
  • What are single cells that some plants make INSTEAD of seeds
  • What is the root of a fern called
  • What plant do not have a network of tubes moving nutrients and water around the plant.
  • What plant has no leaves, roots, or stem
  • What anchors large algae to the bottom of the ocean floor.
  • What is the largest algae
  • What survives without chlorophyll.
  • What fungi eats dead matter
  • What fungi eats living matter
  • What drug is made from a kind of mold
  • What fungus causes bread to rise
  • What Fungus converts sugar to carbon Dioxide.
  • What plant is caused by fungi and algae working together.

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