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.
Non-vascular Plants
a plant that has no vascular tissue, so it cannot retain water or deliver it to other parts of the plant body.
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.
Ferns
a flowerless plant that has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds.