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Botany Ch. 2 - Seeds

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The part inside a seed that develops into a plant. embryo
The baby plant begins to grow into a little plant seedling
The scar on a seed or belly button hilum
The first true leaves of a plant. This word means "feather." plumule
The embryo's root radicle
The biggest part of the embryo that provide food for the embryo once the seed opens and embryo starts growing into a plant cotyledons
The plant is asleep dormant
The process by which a seed starts to grow into a new plant. germination
Food for the embryo endosperm
The part of the embryo that will become the stem. hypocotyl
Living things that must eat other lliving things to survive. consumers
Living things that produce their own food. producers
The tip of the embryo, which holds the plumule. epicotyl
The outer covering of a seed; its coat. testa
Diagram of the seed anatomy: epicotyl, plumule, hypocotyl, radicle, cotyledons page 24 in book
Germination process in order radicle pushes out of the seed; radicle develops into the root; hypocotyl develops into the stem; testa comes off; cotyledons supply food to developing plant and become the seed leaves; plumule forms the first true leaves
What type of food does the endosperm have in it? sugar
What does a seed need to germinate? warmth, air, and water
Angiosperms with one cotyledon monocotyledons
Angiosperms with two cotyledons dicotyledons
Mono means one
Di means two
Carbohydrates in the endosperm are in this form starch
Starch is white, odorless, and tasteless
Apples as they ripen, transfer starch into sugar or glucose
The presence of starch will cause a chemical reaction with iodine
The chemical reaction from the iodine causes the substance to turn what color black (will accept dark blue since book states this)
How does the testa come off for germination? When water is absorbed, it loosens to let the water into the seed
When you guess whether or not your seeds will germinate, this is called what? hypothesis
Plumule is the Latin word for feather
Beans have this very important nutrient that we must have to stay healthy Protein
This holds the plumule epicotyl
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