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Protective layer outside the seed
Testa
Scar from where the seed was attached to the ovary
Hilum
Scar from where the sperm was delivered by the pollen tube
Micropyle
Modified leaf used to store food in seeds
Cotyledon
The baby plant inside the seed
Embryo
The process of absorption of water by seeds
Imbibition
Biological molecules containing C, H and O
Carbohydrates
Also called Monosaccharides and disaccharides
Simple carbohydrates
Also called Polysaccharides
Complex carbohydrates
Cellulose, starch or amylose, and glycogen are examples of
Polysaccharides
This compound can be found in seeds, fruits, roots, all stems, and even in the main trunks
Starch
Organisms' main source of energy are
Carbohydrates
The most common way that food is stored in plants
starch
Released during cellular respiration
CO2 and water
Used as a source of energy during cellular respiration
Glucose
Seed storage tissue
Endosperm
Plant function that produces the reserve materials found in seeds
Photosynthesis
Molecules involved in the process of germination
Enzymes
This process increases the respiration in seeds
Germination
A measurable characteristic that varies
a variable
A variable that stands alone and is not changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.
Independent variable
Show the effect of manipulating or introducing the independent variables
Dependent variable
Identifies the different lines in a graph
Key
It conveys information about what the Table or Figure portraits.
Figure legend
Information about a graph's curve or line, it can be positive or negative
Slope