Seed Dispersal
What is seed dispersal?
A) how seeds grow
B) how seeds move
C) how seeds germinate
B) how seeds move
This part of the plant is in the ground. It's function (job) is to absorb water and anchor the plant in place. What plant part is this?
A) roots
B) stem
C) leaves
D) flower
A) roots
After a seed germinates , it begins to sprout. Then it starts to grow into a baby plant with a few leaves. What is the name of a baby plant?
A) seed
B) seedling
C) petal
D) embryo
B) seedling
A dandelion seed is very light and moves when someone blows air on a dandelion flower. How does the dandelion seed move?
A) by bursting
B) by water
C) by animal
D) by wind
D) wind
What is the function of the stem?
A) absorb water from soil
B) make food for the plant
C) carries water to the rest of the plant
D) attracts pollinators to make more plants
C) carries water to the rest of the plant
What is the name of the stage in a plant's life cycle when a seed begins to grow into a plant?
A) pollination
B) photosynthesis
C) germination
c) germination
A coconut falls from a tree and rolls into the ocean. It floats along until it washes up on the shore of another island.
What kind of seed dispersal is this?
water
What is the plant part that makes food?
leaves
Which of these does a seed NOT need to germinate?
A) sunlight
B) water
C) air
A) Sunlight
Seeds can germinate in the dark. However, the plant will not live long if it doesn't get sunlight.
Fill in the blank:
Some seeds move by _______. The seeds are in pods that dry out until the seeds quickly pop out and move far away from the mother plant.
bursting
Fill in the blanks:
A ________ has ________ around it to attract pollinators.
flower
petals
Bonus question: name two pollinators
Name three things a plant needs to grow?
air, soil, water, sunlight
What are the two ways animals help seeds move?
by hitching a ride on animal's fur
an animal eats the seed and then poops it out
Name three parts of a pumpkin.
skin, flesh, pulp, seeds, stem
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 800 POINTS!!!
Put these stages of the plant's life cycle in the correct order. (Pollination, sprout, germination, seedling, plant with fruit, plant with flowers, seed is planted in soil
1. Seed is planted 2. germination 3. sprout 4. seedling 5. plant with flowers 6. pollination. 7 plant with fruit