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gymnosperms
cone bearing plants typically borne in cones
angiosperms
fruit-bearing plants enclosed with a ffruit
Seed dispersal
process that helps spread seeds to new places for more space and resources and overalll better conditions to grow
animal seed dispersal
animals can poop them out and eat and disperse them
wind seed dispersal
some plants with lightweight seeds and propellers can get carried in the air
water seed dispersal
some lightweight seeds can get carried by the water like coconut
Expulsion seed dispersal
have built in mechanisms to shoot out the seeds like an explosion, jewelweed and violet seeds
Germination
early growth process of seeds until it dont need cotyledons anymore
3 factors needed for germination
moisture- to soften the seed coat
favourable temp
oxygen-soil-H2O
season seeds usually sprout
spring
tropical usually sprout in what season
rainy season
after germination they need
water, sunlight CO2, nutrients
Desert seeds have?
chemicals mostly
1st stage of germination
swelling up of the seed coat from absorbing water
2nd stage of germination
embryo pushes radicle through softened seed coat and into the ground
final stage
emergence of the plumule above the surface of the ground and growth of radicle to root system
seedling
matured seed that doesnt rely on its cotyledon anymore
annual
a plant that only lives for one growing season
biennial
a plant that only lives for 2 growing seasons
perennials
a plant that lives for many years and blooms every growing season, trees