| A | B |
| cuticle | waxy, protective layer |
| cellulose | provide structure and support |
| vascular | have tubelike structures that carry water and other substances through out the plant |
| non vascular | don't have tubelike structures and use other ways to move water and substances |
| rhizoids | non vascular roots for anchoring plants |
| pioneer species | first plants to grow in a new or disturbed environment |
| fern | vascular with spores |
| moss and liverworts | nonvascular seedless |
| horsetails | vascular scouring rush |
| peat, coal | formed from seedless plant decay |
| stomata | opening in epidermis of leaf |
| guard cells | open and close stoma |
| xylem | tubes that support the plant |
| phloem | tubes that move food |
| cambium | tissue that produces the new xylem and phloem cells |
| gymnosperms | vascular plants that don't produce seeds not protected by fruit |
| angiosperm | vascular plant that flowers and produces fruits |
| monocot | one cotyledon/seed |
| dicot | two cotyledon |