| A | B |
|---|
| tracheophytes | vascular plants with true roots, leaves & stems that need sun |
| byrophtes | non-vascular plants with NO true roots leaves & stems that live in the moist shade |
| vascular plants | taller plants & have tubes for support: xylem & phloem |
| non-vascular plants | no tubes, short (mosses & liverworts) |
| gymnosperms | "naked seeds"; cones are reproductive organs |
| angiosperms | flowering plants that produce "covered seeds" & fruit |
| xylem | tubes that take water & minerals UP the plant |
| phloem | food "flows" DOWN the plant |
| monocots | an angiosperm whose seeds have one cotyledon, the flowers have 3 petals, scattered xylem & phloem, & parallel veins in each leaf |
| dicots | angiosperm whose seeds have two cotyledens, flowers have 4 or 5 petals, pie-shaped arrangement of xylem & phloem, & leaves have branching veins |
| needle-like leaves | where the conifer makes its food |
| ferns | spores are reproductive organs |
| frond | the special name of a fern "leaf" |
| spore case | the small covering of spores |
| vascular tissue | provides support & transport of materials through the plant |
