Seeds Need to Move

What do seeds need to do to become a plant?

• stay near other plants

• make new seeds

• travel away from other plants

What kind of seed does this passage describe in detail?

• sunflower seed

• hitchhiker seed

• an animal's seed

Some plant seeds are made a certain way so that they will be able to travel.

What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• If a seed falls to the ground too close to its parent plant, it may not grow.

• Not every seed grows into a plant, because a seed needs to travel to become a plant.

• Hitchhiker seeds have tiny hooks so they can stick to animal fur or bird feathers.

Why might a seed not grow if it falls to the ground too close to its parent plant?

• The parent plant might take up all the sunlight and water that the seed needs to grow.

• The seed might not get pushed into the soil if it falls too close to the parent plant.

• The parent plant might give the seed all of its water, which is not good for the seed.

What is the main idea of this article?

• Hitchhiker seeds can travel for miles on an animal's body, then fall off and grow into a plant.

• A seed has to move far away enough from other plants to become a plant because seeds need room to grow.

• All seeds grow into plants, but only some plants are able to make new seeds.