Plant Vocabulary

trait

Quality or characteristic of a living thing

behavior

The way a living thing responds to its surroundings

photosynthesis

the process by which plants use the energy of sunlight to make their own food.

Vascular plants

a plant that has tubes that carry water, nutrients, and food to different parts of the plant.

Nonvascular plants

a plant that does not have tubes

reproduce

to make more of one's own kind

seed

a plant part that contains a tiny new plant, or embryo

spore

a plant cell that can grow into a new plant.

coniferous

having cones in which seeds form.

deciduous

having leaves that fall off each year.