Seeds

Question 1

What is a seed

Answer 1

fertilized ovule

Question 2

this part of the seed Protects the embryo

Answer 2

testa / seed coat

Question 3

Provides nourishment for the
seed

Answer 3

endosperm

Question 3

What develops first, the embryo or the endosperm?

Answer 3

endosperm

Question 4

Why does the dicot seed not have an endosperm?

Answer 4

food reserves of endosperm are transferred to cotyledon

Question 5

Small space where integuments meet

Answer 5

micropyle

Question 5

seeds with little to no
endosperm

Answer 5

exalbuminous

Question 6

seeds with well-developed
endosperm

Answer 6

albuminous

Question 7

example of albuminous seed

Answer 7

Zea mays

Question 8

Scar left after the funiculus is attached

Answer 8

hilum

Question 9

Embryonic root

Answer 9

radicle

Question 10

where embryonic shoot grows/embryonic
stem

Answer 10

epicotyl

Question 11

Root/shoot junction

Answer 11

hypocotyl

Question 12

Protective sheath of young shoot

Answer 12

coleoptile

Question 13

Source of food usually in the form of carbohydrates

Answer 13

cotyledon

Question 13

rudimentary shoot or stem

Answer 13

plumule

Question 14

Protective layer of young root

Answer 14

coleorhiza

Question 15

this emerges into first leaves

Answer 15

plumule

Question 15

guves nourishment to the seeds opposite of micropyle

Answer 15

chalaza

Question 15

Where is the seed coat from?

Answer 15

integuments

Question 16

this type of seed classification is damaged in dry storage or low temp

Answer 16

Intermediate

Question 17

Examples of intermediate

Answer 17

Coffea canephora
citruses

Question 18

Why is there a cold treatment in treating seed dormancy?

Answer 18

to induce the gibberellin

Question 19

what hormone induces seed dormnacy?

Answer 19

abscisic acdi

Question 20

what is the biggest seed

Answer 20

Lodoicea maldivica

Question 21

it is a stage where radicle. epicotyl and hypocotyl is formed

Answer 21

torpedo stage

Question 22

cotyledon primordia forms a heart shape

Answer 22

heart stage

Question 22

stalk-like structure; pushes embryo
deep into the endosperm

Answer 22

suspensor

Question 23

seed classification that tolerates dessication at maturity

Answer 23

Psidium guajava
Grain amaranth,
Anacardium occidentale
vigna radiata

Question 24

plants taht forces its seed to come out

Answer 24

Abelmoschus esculentus
Ceiba pentandra

Question 24

these type of seeds do not survive at drying and freezing

Answer 24

mangifera indica, persea americana, cocos nucifera

Question 25

this germination has cotyledons being raised out of the soil by the hypocotyl

Answer 25

epigeal germination

Question 26

this germination has cotyledons being raised out of the soil by the cotyledons

Answer 26

hypogeal germination