| A | B |
| STOMATA | OPENINGS IN THE OUTER CELL LAYERS OF LEAVES AND SOME STEMS |
| VASCULAR TISSUE | SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT TISSUE |
| VASCULAR PLANT | PLANTS WITH SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT TISSUES: USUALLY LARGER AND DO NOT REQUIRE WATER FOR REPRODUCTION |
| NONVASCULAR PLANT | PLANTS THAT LACK SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT TISSUES: SMALL PLANTS THAT ARE FOUND IN WET AREAS |
| SEED | A PLANT STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS AN EMBRYO |
| ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS | A HAPLOID GAMETOPHYTE GENERATION AND A DIPLOID SPOROPHYTER GENERATION |
| BRYOPHYTES | MOSSES (NONVASCULAR) |
| ANTHOCEROPHYTES | HORNWORTS (NONVASCULAR) |
| HEPATICOPHYTES | LIVERWORTS (NONVASCULAR) |
| LYCOPHYTES | CLUB MOSSES (VASCULAR SEEDLESS) |
| PTEROPHYTES | FERNS AND HORSETAILS (VASCULAR SEEDLESS) |
| CYCADOPHYTES | CYCADS OR SAGO PALMS (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
| GNETOPHYTES | JOINT FIRS (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
| GINKGOPHYTES | GINKGOES (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
| CONIFEROPHYTES | PINES (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
| ANTHOPHYTES | FLOWERING PLANTS (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
| RHIZOIDS | ROOTLIKE STRUCTURES ON NONVASCULAR PLANTS |
| SPHAGNUM | PEAT MOSS |
| THALLOSE | DESCRIPTION OF LIVERWORTS THAT LACK A LEAFY APPEARANCE: THEY RESEMBLE FLESHY LOBED STRUCTURES |
| STROBILIS | A COMPACT STRUCTURE OF SPORE-BEARING STRUCTURES |
| EPIPHYTE | A PLANT THAT LIVES ANCHORED TO AN OBJECT OR ANOTHER PLANT |
| RHIZOME | A FOOD-STORAGE ORGAN |
| SPORANGIUM | A STRUCTURE CONTAINING FERN SPORES |
| SORUS | A CLUSTER OF SPONANGIA |
| COTYLEDONS | STRUCTURES THAT EITHER STORE FOOD OR HELP ABSORB FOOD FOR THE TINY SPOROPHYTE |
| ANGIOSPERMS | PLANTS WHOSE SEEDS ARE WITHIN A FRUIT |
| GYMNOSPERMS | PLANTS WHOSE SEEDS ARE NOT PART OF A FRUIT |
| CONE | A STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS MALE OR FEMALE REPROCTIVE STRUCTURES |
| MONOCOT | ANTHOPHYTES: HAS ONE SEED LEAF |
| DICOT (AKA EUDICOT) | ANTHOPHYTES: HAS TWO SEED LEAVES |
| ANNUAL | COMPLETES ITS LIFE SPAN IN A GROWING SEASON |
| BIENNIAL | LIFE SPANS TWO YEARS |
| PERENNIAL | CAN LIVE FOR MANY YEARS |
| SPORE | A HAPLOID CELL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ORGANISM |
| DECIDUOUS | A PLANT THAT LOSES IT'S LEAVES AT THE END OF EACH GROWING SEASON |