Seed Dispersal

Question 1

Describe how animals help the dispersal of seeds

Answer 1

Hooked fruits attach themselves to animals and are carried from one place to another

Question 2

Describe the process of dispersal of acorns

Answer 2

If not destroyed by animals, acorns can sprout rapidly after falling from the tree

Question 3

Describe the process of seed dispersal by animal burial

Answer 3

Squirrels may store hard nuts to eat and forget about them, leaving them to germinate

Question 4

Describe the process of soft fruit dispersal

Answer 4

Soft fruits are eaten by animals and seeds are dispersed by passing through the digestive system

Question 5

Describe the process of wind dispersal

Answer 5

Seeds act as parachutes and are carried away by the wind (example dandelion)

Question 6

Describe the process of spinning dispersal

Answer 6

Seeds spin like helicopters and are dispersed by wind (example sycamore)

Question 7

Describe the process of water dispersal

Answer 7

Fruit or seeds fall and are carried away by water

Question 8

Describe the process of exploding plants

Answer 8

Pods dry and explode firing seeds away (example pea pod)

Question 9

Describe the process of seed dispersal through plant reproduction

Answer 9

The plants send out stems with plantlets which try to root themselves