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Seed Development and Germination
This section explains how seeds develop and are dispersed. It also describes factors that influence the dormancy and germination of seeds.
Seed and Fruit Development
1. What is a fruit?
2. What happens as angiosperm seeds mature after fertilization is complete?
3. The outer layer of the seed that protects the embryo and its food supply is called a(an) .
4. Is the following sentence true or false? Both cucumbers and tomatoes are fruits.
5. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about fruits.
a. As seeds mature, the ovary walls thicken to form a fruit.
b. Fruits can carry one seed or several seeds.
c. A fruit is a ripened ovary that encloses a seed or seeds.
d. The inner wall of the ovary never touches the seed.
Seed Dispersal
6. Why are seeds that are dispersed by animals typically contained in fleshy, nutritious fruits?
7. Circle the letter of why seeds dispersed by animals are covered with tough coatings.
a. The seeds need to be able to float on water.
b. The coatings enable the seeds to pass through an animal unharmed.
c. The seeds need to be digested by the animal that eats them.
d. The coatings prevent the seeds from being eaten by animals.
8. Why are seeds dispersed by wind or water typically lightweight?
9. How are the seeds of ash and maple trees dispersed large distances from the parent plants?
10. What adaptation does a coconut seed have that helps its dispersal?
Seed Dormancy
11. What is dormancy?
12. What are two environmental factors that can cause a seed to end dormancy and germinate?
13. What are two purposes served by seed dormancy?
14. Is the following sentence true or false? Some pine tree seeds remain dormant until the high temperatures generated by a forest fire
cause cones to open and release the seeds.
Seed Germination
15. What is seed germination?
16. Complete the flowchart about seed germination.
When a seed germinates, it absorbs .
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The water causes the endosperm to swell, which cracks open the .
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Through the cracked seed coat, the young begins to grow.
17. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about seed germination.
a. In some dicots, the cotyledons protect the first foliage leaves.
b. In most monocots, the cotyledon remains within the seed.
c. In some dicots, the cotyledons remain below the soil and provide food for the seedling.
d. In most monocots, the cotyledon emerges above ground to protect the leaves.
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