Growing plants from seeds

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Growing plants from seeds

• Lesson 1 Seed biology - the different parts of
  seeds

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Seed structure

• Plants reproduce by making seeds.
• Seeds contain an embryo and a food store.
• Seeds are covered by a tough seed coat.

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Parts of the seed

• The embryo will grow into the new plant.
• The food store provides food for the growth of
  the new plant.
• The seed coat protects the seed while it is in
  the soil.

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Different types of seed

• There are many different types of seeds.
• They are adapted so that they spread as far from
  the parent plant as possible.
• How would the seeds in the in the pictures be
  spread? (Click for answers)

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Answers

• Raspberry and tomato - animal eats fruit, seeds
  are passed out with animals waste.
• Burdock - seeds hook onto animals fur and are
  carried away from parent plant, eventually
  dropping off.
• Dandelion - seeds are carried on the wind.