| Term | Definition |
| a waxy covering on aaerial parts that reduces desiccation | cuticle |
| vascular tissue specialized for water transport | xylem |
| vascular tissue specialized for sugar transport | phylem |
| mosses, liverworts, hormworts; gametophyte; nonvascular; flagelated spem; spores | bryophytes |
| gametes are produced here in bryophytes | gametangia |
| male gametangium | antheridium |
| female gametangium | archegonium |
| term for vascular plants | tracheophytes |
| clob mosses, spike mosses, quillworts; sporophyte; vascular; flagellated sperm; spores | lycophyta |
| ferns, horsetails, whisk ferns; sporophyte; vascular; flagellated sperm; spores | pterophyta |
| conifers; sporophyte; vascular; wind-dispersed pollen; seeds | coniferophyta / gymnosperms |
| flowering plants; sporophyte; vascular; wind-dispersed pollen; seeds | anthophyta / angiosperms |
| male spores made by the two plant divisions that produce seeds | microspores |
| male spores made by the two plant divisions that produce seeds | macrospores |
| the female reproductive structure of a flower | pistil |
| male reproductive structure of plant | stamen |
| animals that develop closely functioning cells organized into tissues | eumetazoa |
| animals that do not organize cells into tissues/organs | parazoa |
| term for top side | dorsal |
| term for bottom side | ventral |
| term for head | anterior end |
| term for tail | posterior end |
| radial cleavage; archenteron fold forms the anus; coelom develops from outpouching of archenteron wall | deuterostomes |
| spiral cleavage; archenteron fold forms the mouth; coelom develops from a splitting of the mesordermal tissue on each side of the archenteron | protostomes |
| sponges; parazoa; no symmetry; amoebocytes carry out digestion | porifera |
| jellyfish, corals; eumetazoa; 2 germ layers; radial symmetry; 1 gut opening | cnidaria |
| flatworms; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry;1 gut opening; acoelomate | platyhelminthes |
| roundworms; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral body symmetry; 2 gut openings; pesudocoelomate | nematoda |
| rotifers; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings pesudo-coelomate | rotifera |
| clams, snails, octopuses; eumatozoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; protostome | mollusca |
| segmented worms; eumatozoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; protostome | annelida |
| sea stars, sea urchins; eumetazoa, 3 germ layers; radial symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; deuterostome | echinodermata |
| insects, spiders, crustaceans; eumetazoa, 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; protosome | arthropoda |
| vertebrates; eumetazoa; 3 germ layers; bilateral symmetry; 2 gut openings; coelomate; deuterostome | chordata |
| term for animals that lack a coelom | acoelomate |
| term for animals with a cavity not completely lined by mesoderm-derived tissue | psuedocoelomate |
| term for animals with a cavity developed from tissue derived from the mesoderm germ layer | coelomate |