This chapter reviews the basic concepts of heredity, including traits, genes, and mutations. Reproduction Organisms create young of their species by reproduction. This chapter reviews asexual and sexual reproduction. Terms of mitosis and meiosis are discussed. There are two groups of plants.
Vascular plants are plants containing tubes which carry food and water throughout the plant.
Most plants are vascular. Non-vascular plants do not have tubes to carry food and water throughout the plant. Mosses are non-vascular. All plants grow and adapt to their environment. These adaptations take the form of various structures and behaviors in the plant.