Unit 2 - Lesson 5 - Seed Formation Flashcards
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What does the zygote become?
What does the ovule become?
What does the wall of the ovule become?
The testa (seed coat).
What does the ovary become?
Fruit
What does the wall of the ovary become?
Pericarp
What is a Seed?
Small embryonic plant enclosed in something called the seed coat alongside stored food.
Why are seed important?
Helps through survival of the fittest during rough conditions.
Protects the plant at it’s vulnerable stages of life.
Contains the adequate food supply till photosynthesis.
Dispersal of Plants.
What is another word for the seed coat?
Testa
What does the seed coat do?
Protects the Embryo
What is another word for the scar?
Hilum
What is the hilum?
A scar from being attached to the parent plant.
The embryo…
forms the new plant once the conditions are present.
What is the first leaf to germinate?
Cotyledon
What is the plumule?
The shoot tip with a pair of leaves.
What is the radicle?
The place where the root develops.
