Seed

Question 1

The mature, fertilized ovule of a flowering plant.

Answer 1

Seed

Question 2

The seed is widely used in the deliberate production of
seedlings, known as _____

Answer 2

Plant propagation

Question 3

It has a diploid (2n) embryo which develops from
a fertilized egg or zygote.

Answer 3

Mature seed

Question 4

Enumerate the basic parts of a seed

Answer 4

• Ovule
• Seed coat
• Endosperm
• Embryo

Question 5

Enumerate the main components of the embryo

Answer 5

• Cotyledons
• Epicotyl
• Plumule
• Hypocotyl
• Radicle

Question 6

It is a tiny shoot from which the entire plant shoot system develops.

Answer 6

Epicotyl

Question 7

It is the transition zone between the rudimentary root and shoot

Answer 7

Hypocotyl

Question 8

It is the small embryonic root

Answer 8

Radicle

Question 9

It refers to the specialized seed leaves which develop from the plumule and
occur singly in most monocot seeds but two in dicot seeds

Answer 9

Cotyledons

Question 10

It is the tip of the epicotyl, and has a feathery appearance due to the
presence of young leaf primordia at the apex, and will become the shoot upon
germination

Answer 10

Plumule

Question 11

It is the tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants around the time of fertilization

Answer 11

Endosperm

Question 12

• It surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form of starch, though it can also contain oils and protein.
• It forms a supply of nutrients for the embryo in most monocotyledons
  and the endospermic dicotyledons

Answer 12

Endosperm

Question 13

It serve as sole food storage organs

Answer 13

Cotyledons

Question 14

A process that causes a seed to begin to grow into a
new plant

Answer 14

Seed Germination

Question 15

Factors that influencing seed germination

Answer 15

• Water
• Oxygen
• Temperature
• Light