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TRUE/FALSE All seeds are about the same size.
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FALSE
Seeds come in many different sizes and shapes. |
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What is the largest seed in the world?
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A fifty-pound coconut
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What is the tiniest seed in the world?
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African witchweed plant
Each seed is 1/1000 inch long. |
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TRUE/FALSE The bigger the plant, the bigger the seed.
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FALSE
A Redwood tree has a seed that is only 1/16 inch long. |
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All seeds have one thing in common.
Every seed contains a new, _______ ________. |
living plant
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List the 3 main parts that every seed has.
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embryo (new plant)
stored food seed coat (covering) |
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What is the purpose of the embryo?
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It is the new plant.
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What is the purpose of the stored food?
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It will nourish the plant until
it is able to make its own food. |
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What is the purpose of the seed coat?
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It protects the embryo until it is
time to sprout or begin to grow. |
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Name 3 important ways that seeds
move away from their parent plant. |
wind
water animals and people |
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Why do seeds need to travel away
from their parent plants? |
So they can get enough sunlight,
water, and minerals. |
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Name some common seeds that travel by wind.
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dandelion
maple elm tumbleweed |
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Name some common seeds that travel by water.
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pussy willow
coconut red mangrove tree |
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Name some common seeds that travel by animal.
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blackberry
cockleburr beggar's ticks flax |
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What does it mean for a seed to be dormant?
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It is alive but not growing.
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What does it mean for a seed to germinate?
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It sprouts or begins to grow.
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Name 3 things that a seed needs to germinate.
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water
oxygen the right temperature |
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How does water help a seed to germinate?
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It softens the seed coat.
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What happens to the seed coat
when the seed germinates? |
Its job is done so it dies.
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When a seed germinates, what is
the first little root called? |
the primary root
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In which season do most seeds ripen
and get carried away from the parent plant? |
fall
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