Seed Dissection Lab

● Seed: Peanut
○ The seed is small and dull, with a line down the middle
○ The seed has faint marking on the top and the bottom of the line
■ The markings are somewhat “vaine” like
○ The seed has a moderately strong structure

Data Analysis:
After dissecting and examining the seed, I realized that the advantage of a smaller seed is that it
is more compact, and harder to break apart. I tried cutting a pecan which was much easier to
cut than this peanut. I noticed that the peanut has some lines under the surface of the seed, but
you cant really see through a phone camera. With the root of the seed on top, it must affect how
it is vertically planted.

Seed 2: Almond
 This nut was fairly similar to the peanut. After dissecting it, I could see the similarities that the
almond shared with the peanut. The almond was harder to dissect due to its harder and thicker
exterior shell. After having dissected said almond, I realized that it was harder to spot the root
and lines because it is a more pale nut. After some thorough examination, I spotted the root of
the almond to be at the top, the same spot that the root of the peanut was located.

Some seeds are transported by the wind and are shaped to float, glide or spin through
the air. Plants growing near a river may use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some
seed pods are designed to explode and throw the seeds a good distance from the parent plant.
-​https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxfrwmn/articles/z28dpbk
Plants have developed numerous ways to disperse their seeds to other areas. One of
the common methods is by using animals that eat the seeds and then pass them through their
systems unharmed when they defecate. This is often a superior way to the whims of wind, water
or other environmental methods.
https://www.pbs.org/wildindonesia/resources/seed_dispersal.html
The biological development of

Flower

This flower’s sepals are very small and hard to spot, but they are on the flower. I can not really
count the sepals as most of them have fallen off. The color of the pedals is bright red.
Flower 2:

I am not sure what the name of this flower is, but I found it sprouting in my backyard. After
dissecting it, I noticed that there are fewer similarities between this and the previous flower, then
there were between the two nuts. For example, the core of this flower is much smaller and
harder to dissect. It was so small I could not cut through it. Although it was much easier to spot
the sepals on this flower. If you look closely, they are much larger than the sepals on the
previous flower. I only spotted about three sepals on this flower, whereas i could not count nor
spot the sepals on the previous flower. The color of the pedals on this flower are bright pink,
with a dark green stem.

Pollination takes two forms: self-pollination and cross-pollination. Self-pollination occurs when
the pollen from the anther is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, or another flower on
the same plant.

https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Bi
ology_(OpenStax)/6%3A_Plant_Structure_and_Function/32%3A_Plant_Reproduction/32.2%3A
_Pollination_and_Fertilization#:~:text=Pollination%20takes%20two%20forms%3A%20self,flowe
r%20on%20the%20same%20plant.