Vocabulary #1

chlorophyll: is a chemical that gives plants their green color and traps light energy.

photosynthesis: is the process in which plants use water, carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun to make food.

vascular plant: plants that have tubelike cells in their roots, stems, and leaves to carry food and water.

nonvascular plant: plants that don't have tubelike cells in their stems and leaves.

moss: is a small, nonvascular plant thtat has both stems and leaves but no roots.

sexual reproduction: is the forming of a new organism by the union of two reproductive cells.

egg: a female reproductive cell.

sperm: a male reproductive cell.

fertilization: the joining of the egg and sperm.

xylem: cells carry water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.

phloem: cells carry food that is made in the leaves to all parts of the plant.

fern: is a vascular plant that reproduces with spores.

seed: is the part of a plant that contains a new, young plant and stored food.

embryo: is an organism in its earliest stages of growth.

conifer: is a plant that produces seed in cones.



pollen: are the tiny grains of seed plants in which sperm develop.

flowering plant: is a vascular plant that produces seeds inside a flower.

flower: is the reproductive part of the plant.