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Where do most seeds begin?
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Inside flowers and plants.
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What is pollination?
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When pollen lands on the sstigma at the top of the pistil of a flower like itself.
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What are two ways pollen is spread?
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Bees and hummingbirds.
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What part of the flower receives pollen?
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The pistil.
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What happens when pollen from a flower lands on the pistil of the same kind of flower?
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It grows a long tube through the pistil into an ovule. This is the beginning of a seed.
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WHy might a seed need to be protected?
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Because animals will eat it if it is not protected.
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What are four ways seeds spread?
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Birds, sreams, rivers, ocean
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What are the three parts of a seed?
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Beginning of a plant, seed coat, and food.
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What is germination?
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The seed begins to grow.
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What is the first thing a seed needs to sprout?
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Dirt (soil)
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What do leaves use to make food for a plant?
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Water and minerals from the soil, sunlight, and the air around the plant.
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What is a bud?
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Flowers.
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How does a seed become a plant?
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Germination.
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