| A | B |
| Alternation of Generation | sexual life cycle in which haploid alternates with diploid |
| Gametophyte | contains gametes (sperm & egg) |
| Sporophyte | contains spores |
| Antheridium | produces sperm |
| Archegonium | produces egg |
| Zygote | formed when egg & sperm unite; grows in to a sporophyte |
| Protonema | a spore will grow into this |
| Sori | found on the underside of a fern leaf (spores of a fern) |
| Frond | fern leaf |
| Protallus | a gametophyte that fern spores germinate into |
| Conifers | "cone bearers" |
| Pollination | pollen grains with sperm carried to seed cones of a plant/tree |