The Significance Of Seeds

Question 1

What is the importance of seed plants

Answer 1

1. Seeds are a product of sexual reproduction and provide genetic variation
2. Seeds ensure the survival of the species, as each plant produces many seeds during its life cycle
3. Seeds provide nourishment for the developing embryo
4. Seeds allow for the dispersal of the embryos to be to other locations to prevent competition with the parent plant
5. Seeds protect the embryo and ensure survival in unfavourable conditions while the seed is in a state of dormancy

Question 2

What is a seed bank?

Answer 2

A seed bank is a certain type of gene bank that serves as a temporary storage place for seeds. This type of Gene bank has the benefit that less space is needed to protect living collections

Question 3

Seeds as a source of food

Answer 3

A variety of plant species can provide edible seeds. Seeds are the most important source of human food. The most edible seeds are angiosperms, but a few are gymnosperms. The most important source foods in the form of seeds are grains, followed by legumes and nuts

Question 4

What are the most famous seed bank

Answer 4

The Millennium Seed Bank in the Welcome Trust Millennium Building in Sussex England

Question 5

What are the seeds in the millennium seed bank focused on

Answer 5

On the seeds of species from food crops

Question 6

Where are seed of plants more suitable to store seeds in seed bank

Answer 6

Dry and temperate regions are more suitable for temporary storage in seed banks than the seeds of plants from swamps and tropical regions