Seed Dispersal

What is the dispersal agent of mango fruit?

• Wind

• Water

• Humans and animals

• Explosive mechanism

Why should plants disperse their seeds and fruits?

• To improve their growth.

• To ensure the survival of their species.

• To improve the competition among the seedlings.

• To make the plants more resilient to diseases.

This is shorea. What will happen if the shorea seed is heavy and big?

• It cannot be carried and dispersed by the wind.

• It cannot be eaten and dispersed by animals.

• It loses the ability to explode.

• It will sink into the sea.

What is the dispersal agent of the plants above?

• Explosive mechanism

• Humans or animals

• Wind

• Water

Why durian have edible, bright-coloured fruits?

• To provide food for humans and animals.

• To attract humans and animals to eat the fruits and help to disperse the seeds.

• To produce food as a by-product of photosynthesis.

• To defend themselves from enemies with their sharp thorns.

How does papaya disperse its seeds?

• Wind

• Water

• Humans or animals

• Explosive mechanism

What is the characteristics of a coconut?

• Able to float on water.

• Waterproof, having husks and air spaces.

• Light, big and having husks.

• Waterproof and having edible husks.

The statement above shows a characteristic of a seed. Based on the statement above, what is the dispersal agent?

• Water

• Wind

• Humans or animals

• Explosive mechanism

The picture above shows the seed of angsana. What is the method of dispersal of the seed?

• Water

• Wind

• Humans or animals

• Explosive mechanism

The picture shows the plant of dandelion. What is the method of dispersal of the plant?

• Explosive mechanism

• Humans and animals

• Water

• Wind