Seed dispersal

What does 'disperse' mean?

• To scatter or spread widely

• To grow a fruit

• To fly from one plant to another

• To eat nectar

The moment a seed starts to grow is called

• Pollination

• Germination

• Nutrition

• Dispersal

One type of plant that uses wind to disperse its seeds is

• An oak tree

• An apple tree

• A dandelion

• Burdock

A coconut tree disperses its seeds using

• The wind

• Animals

• Water

• Explosion

If a plant has seeds that are stored in a brightly-coloured fruit, it means that

• it is a happy plant

• it wants animals to have healthy food

• the seeds will be spread by the wind

• it wants animals to swallow the seeds

If a seed is covered in hooks, it is probably dispersed by

• the wind

• water

• clinging to animal fur

• explosion

Which of these might stop a seed germinating in the wild?

• Not enough space

• It feels sad

• No money

• It doesn't get planted in a pot by humans

Which of these seed types is most likely to be dispersed by attaching to animal fur?

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Which of these seed types is most likely to be dispersed by the wind?

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Which of these seed types is most likely to be dispersed by being swallowed?

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