Term | Definition |
chlorophyll | a chemical that gives plants their green color and traps light energy |
conifer | a plant that produces seeds in cones |
egg | a female reproductive cell |
embryo | an organism in its earliest stages of growth |
fern | a vascular plant that reproduces with spores |
fertilization | the joining of the egg and the sperm |
flower | the reproductive part of a flowering plant |
flowering plant | a vascular plant that produces seeds inside a flower |
moss | a small, nonvascular plant that has both stems and leaves but no roots |
nonvascular plant | plants that don’t have tube-like cells in their stems and leaves |
phloem | cells that carry food that is made in the leaves to all parts of the plant |
photosynthesis | the process in which plants use water, carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun to make food |
pollen | the tiny yellow grains of seed plants in which sperm develop |
seed | a part of a plant that contains a new, young plant and stored food |
sexual reproduction | the forming of a new organism by the union of two reproductive cells |
sperm | a male reproductive cell |
vascular plant | plants that have tube-like cells in their roots, stems, and leaves to carry food and water |
xylem | cells that carry water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves |