New Vocabulary for Plant Unit, Pizza Boxes

• Bring a cleanish pizza box to class to house your future plant collection!   Label with your name using a Sharpie. 

• Cascade Lab on Friday 5/09

Plants are often uniquely described in this/that terms.  It either has "this" or  it has "that."
Much of our vocabulary is built on contrasting traits of plants, so learning one means learning the other.  I will pair them together, but you need to understand the differences.  

For example, if a plant has a vascular system that moves fluids and nutrients through the organism, then what does a non-vascular plant do?

• Definition of a plant

• Sporophyte/Gametophyte (latin is helpful)

• Vascular/nonvascular

• Spore/seed  

• Gymnosperm/angiosperm (latin is helpful)

• Annuals/biennials/perennials  (this, that, and the other)

• Humus (hint: not hummus, the yummy dip)

• Fragmentation

please check out this link to the slide show from Thursday if you aren't sure. 
Plant basics