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Questions, p. 59-61
“From Seed to Adult Plant—and Back”
1. The process by which a seed becomes a plant is called ___.
2. Seeds are alive but are in a ___ or inactive stage.
3. Inside a seed is an ___, which contains the beginnings of a root, a stem,
and leaves.
4. Also in a seed is an important food-storing tissue called ___.
5. In a seed are one or more seed leaves called ___.
6. Plants that have seeds with one cotyledon are known as ___.
7. Plants that have seeds with two cotyledons are known as ___.
8. Give some examples of monocot seeds.
9. Give some examples of dicot seeds.
10. The cotyledon of which type of plant never emerges from the soil?
11. In dicots, when do the cotyledons wither and die?
12. Plants can manufacture their own food in a process known as ___.
13. After flowers are pollinated, what process occurs to create a new seed?
14. As flowers wither, what develops around the seed?
15. What are 3 purposes of the fruit?
Questions, p. 59-61
“From Seed to Adult Plant—and Back”
1. The process by which a seed becomes a plant is called ___.
2. Seeds are alive but are in a ___ or inactive stage.
3. Inside a seed is an ___, which contains the beginnings of a root, a stem,
and leaves.
4. Also in a seed is an important food-storing tissue called ___.
5. In a seed are one or more seed leaves called ___.
6. Plants that have seeds with one cotyledon are known as ___.
7. Plants that have seeds with two cotyledons are known as ___.
8. Give some examples of monocot seeds.
9. Give some examples of dicot seeds.
10. The cotyledon of which type of plant never emerges from the soil?
11. In dicots, when do the cotyledons wither and die?
12. Plants can manufacture their own food in a process known as ___.
13. After flowers are pollinated, what process occurs to create a new seed?
14. As flowers wither, what develops around the seed?
15. What are 3 purposes of the fruit?