Bulb- a large bud that is planted and which grows to form roots, leaves and flowers

Carbon dioxide- a gas in the air that is used by plants to make their food

Chlorophyll- the green colored substance in plants that absorbs energy from sunlight

Cotyledon- the food supply in a seed for the young plant

Deciduous - kind of tree that loses its leaves in autumn

Dicot - a plant whose seeds have two sections

Embryo - the tiny plant within a seed

Flower - a part of the plant that is colorful and makes seeds

Fern - a group of non-seed bearing plants that have roots, stems and leaves

Fruit - the part of a plant that hold the seeds

Germinate - when a seed starts to grow and produces a new plant

Leaf - the flat, thin part of a plant that grows on a stem

Monocot - a plant whose seeds have one section

Photosynthesis - a living thing that makes its own food and does not move from plant to place

Pollination - transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistils of flowers

Seed -  the small object within a fruit that will grow into a new plant

Spores - the cells in non seed plants used to reproduce

Tuber- the underground stem of a plant, where starch is stored.