DATE SEEDS AND SEEDS

Q1. Why do plants make seeds?

Plants make seeds so that the seeds can give us a new plant.

Q2. What is inside the seed?

The embryo of the plant is inside the seed.

Q3. What is the ear shaped part of the seed called?

Cotyledon

Q4. What is the role of the cotyledon?

The cotyledon gives food to the embryo

Q5. What is the leafy part which comes out of the seed called?
Plumule

Q6. What is the tiny long part of the seed which forms the root
called?
Radicle

Q7. What is the outer covering of the seed called?

Seed coat

Q8. What is the role of the seed coat?

The seed coat protects the seed from bad weather conditions

Q9. What are the three things needed for a seed to germinate?
Water air and warm temperature

Q10. Why is it important for the seed coat to break open for a seed to
germinate?
 It is important for a seed coat to break open so that air can enter
the seed to burn the food to give energy

Q11. Why does the plant embryo need energy?

The plants embryo needs energy to grow and germinate

Q12. What is germination?

The growing out of a plant from the seed is called as
germination.

Q13. Why do doctors advise us to eat sprouted seed?

Doctors advise us to eat sprouted seeds because:
(i) They have many nutrients
(ii) They help in digestion

Q14. Name the following:

a. Fruits which have only one seed
Mango, cherry, peach, apricot, cashew

b. Fruits that have many seeds

Orange, lemon, banana

c. Seeds which give oil

Almonds , walnuts, coconut, sunflower

d. Seeds which are used as spices

Pepper, cumin (jeera), cardamom (elaichi)

e. Seeds that come in a pod

Peas , cotton, vanilla

f. Seeds of a flower
 Dandelion, sunflower

g. Seeds which are dispersed by air

Dandelion, maple, cotton

h. Seeds dispersed by water

Lotus and coconut

i. Seeds covered in a fleshy fruit and dispersed by animals

Mango, apple

j. Seed that has a spiny outer covering and gets stuck to the fur of
animals
Burr

k. Seeds which are dispersed by explosion

Cotton, vanilla, peas

l. Seed which is on the outer side of the fruit

Cashew

m. Two insectivorous plants

Venus flytrap and pitcher plant

n. A plant that can use its roots to produce a new plant

Potato

o. A plant that can use its stem to produce a new plant

Rose

p. A plant which can grow from its leaf

Bryophyllum
Q15. Why are seeds covered by a fleshy fruit?
Seeds are covered by a fleshy fruit to attract animals to eat them
and disperse the seeds

Q16. Which animals do insectivorous plants feed on?

Insects, frog and mice