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Reproducing Plants
| Question | Answer | |||||
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| What is a seed? | Seeds are containers of new life. | A.Seeds are formed in the ovaries of flowers, which become fruit. | B.Seeds insure continuing life as well as provide food and other products. | |||
| Seeds can be classified as two kinds: | A.Monocot | B.Dicot | ||||
| What are monocots? | Monocots are plants that have a seed with one seed leaf known as a cotyledon. | The embryo in the seed will have one leaf. | As the embryo grows, the leaves develop with parallel venation. | |||
| What are some examples of monocots? | Corn | |||||
| What are some examples of monocots? | Wheat | |||||
| What are some examples of monocots? | Rice | |||||
| What are dicots? | Dicots are plants that have a seed with two cotyledons. | The embryo in the seed has two leaves. | Leaves of a dicot have net venation. | |||
| What are some examples of net venation plants? | Tomatoes | |||||
| What are some examples of net venation plants? | Beans | |||||
| What are the outside (external) parts of bean seed? | Seed coat | Hilum | Micropyle | |||
| What are the parts of a monocot seed? | Seed coat | Seed scar | Silk scar | |||
| What are some examples of monocots? | All grasses | |||||
| What are the inside (internal) parts of a dicot seed? | Cotyledons | Radicle | Hypocotyl | Epicotyl | Plumule | |
| What are the internal parts of a monocot seed? | Endosperm | Radicle | Hypocotyl | Epicotyl | Cotyledon | Plumule |