seed germination

All seeds have

• Seed Coat

• Food Store

• Embryo

• All of the above

What do seeds need to germinate (grow into a new plant)? (You may select more than one answer)

• Air (oxygen)

• Warmth

• Water

• Light

• Food

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Gertrude planted some beans in a pot. After 5 days her pot looked like this. Why?

• She watered the seeds but placed the pot in the dark.

• She did not water the seeds.

• She used yellow-coloured soil.

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The seed is protected by an outer covering called:

• food store

• embryo

• seed coat

• germination

What are plants searching for when they grow out of the ground? (hint: it makes them grow tall)

• good air
• peace of mind
• green grass
• sunlight

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Roots grow downward to anchor the seed. 

• True
• False

What does the word GERMINATE mean?

• it has germs
• life span
• begins to grow 
• dies

Besides the plant embryo, what else is inside the seed?

• Food, which it uses until it can make its own food.

• grass

• life span

• source of light

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A seed is.....

• a fruit of a plant.

• a small part that grows on the stem.

• a small part produced by the plants.

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We can eat (some/ all) seeds.