Seeds Flashcards
1
Q
What is a seed?
A
Reproductive structure produced by plants
2
Q
How and where is a seed created?
A
In the ovary of a flower when the ovule is fertilised during sexual reproduction
3
Q
What does a seed contain?
A
The embryo plant and a food store to help it grow into a new young plant
4
Q
What does the ovary wall turn into?
A
A fruit
5
Q
What is a fruit?
A
A mechanism for seed dispersal
6
Q
Why do seeds need to be dispersed?
A
They can grow away from the parent plant and reduce competition between them
7
Q
What are some mechanisms for seed dispersal?
A
Wind, water, exploding, animals eaten and excreted, animals attached to fur
