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Directions:Date:Read the topic sentence of each paragraph about seed plants. Then write A or B in
front of each detail below to show in which paragraph it belongs.Got two things to comprehend at the same time? A
good way to examine them is by seeing how they
are alike and different—compare and contrast.Along with the colorful garden plants are many types of trees.These plants include pines, firs, spruces, hemlocks, and cedars.Fruits and vegetables, such as apples, lemons, and beans, are flowering plants.Most cones are hard, brown, and scaly.The seeds develop inside the base of the flower.The seeds are protected by the scales of the cones.Most flowering plants have broad leaves.These trees have either needles or scalelike leaves.Many are called evergreens because they stay green year-round.In general, flowering plants and trees lose their leaves at the end of the season.(B)
More than half of all seed plants are
those that produce seeds in flowers.(A)
Conifers are like flowering plants in
that they produce seeds, but conifers
produce seeds in cones.