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Apologia Elem Botany
Lesson 2: Seeds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a seed? | A baby plant in a protective covering. |
| What does dormant mean? | Asleep, from the Latin word dormire which means to sleep |
| What does a seed need to wake up and begin growing? | Warmth, water, and air |
| What is a baby plant in a seed called? | An embryo |
| What is the seed's testa? | The seed's coat |
| What does the testa do? | Protects the embryo |
| What is the hilum on a seed? | The place where the seed was attached to its mother |
| Describe germination. | Students should refer to the illustration on p. 38 to describe the process of germination. |
| What is the top part of the embryo called? | The epoicotyl |
| What are the feather-like leaves on the embryo called? | The plumule |
| What is the embryo's root called | The readicle |
| What is the nutrition within the seed called before it gets absorbed by the cotyledons? | The endosperm |
| Explain how the testa comes off for germination. | When the seed gets wet, water gets inside the testa making it soft and soggy and causing it to fall off. |
| What is a procucer? | A living thing that makes, or produces, its own food |
| What is a consumer? | A living thing that eats, or consumes, other living things for food |
| Are plants producers or consumers? | Producers |
| Are people producers or consumers? | Consumers |
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