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S5L1.b – Plant Classification Vocabulary
autotroph coniferous angiosperm photosynthesis seed germinate spore
vessels gymnosperm deciduous vascular plants non-vascular plants chlorophyll
Vocabulary word
vessels
Vascular plants
Nonvascular
plants
germinate
seed
spore
angiosperm
gymnosperm
conifers
Definition
Examples
tubes that carry water and nutrients
throughout a plant
plants which have tubes that carry water and
ferns, trees,
nutrients from the roots, up the stems, and to flowering plants
the leaves
plants that DO NOT have tubes; they absorb
mosses,
water/nutrients directly from the soil
liverworts
to begin to sprout of grow
a plant part that contains a tiny new plant
a tiny cell that can grow into a new plant
a vascular plant that produces flowers and
apple tree;
protected seeds
rose; daisy
a vascular plant that does NOT produce
pine tree;
flowers; most produce cones and naked
ginkgo tree
(unprotected) seeds
plants that form seeds in cones and are mostly
pine tree;
evergreen
spruce tree;
fir tree
deciduous
plants that shed their leaves during the winter
photosynthesis
chlorophyll
the process of a plant making its own food
the green pigment of a plant; needed for
photosynthesis
an organism that uses energy to produce the
food they need
autotroph
maple tree;
oak tree
green plants