Seed Dispersal

Which of the following is not a type of seed dispersal?

• Wind

• Bursting

• Shakers

• Sleeping

Identify the type of seed dispersal being described in the given statement.

Some plants such as cockleburs have developed to grow tiny hooks on their fruits which hook on to animals (or people) that pass by the plant.  Eventually they will drop off on to the ground.

• Catching a Ride

• Drop and Roll

• Shakers

• Seed as a Food

Identify the type of seed dispersal being described in the given statement.

Some plants have pods full of seeds which will burst, showering the ground with seeds, like the Himalayan Balsam seed.

• Catching a Ride

• Drop and Roll

• Bursting

• Seed as a Food

Identify the type of seed dispersal being described in the given statement.

Some plants have pods full of seeds which will burst, showering the ground with seeds, like the Himalayan Balsam seed.

• Catching a Ride

• Drop and Roll

• Bursting

• Seed as a Food

Identify the type of seed dispersal being described in the given statement.

Sycamore ‘helicopters’ and dandelion ‘clocks’ both have fruits which have adapted to use the wind to carry the seeds away when the seeds are ready.

• Catching a Ride

• Drop and Roll

• Bursting

• Wind

Identify the type of seed dispersal being described in the given statement.

Some plants rely on being shaken to disperse their seeds. When poppies have produced their seeds and have finished flowering all that is left is a long stem with a dried seed pod.

• Catching a Ride

• Shakers

• Bursting

• Wind

Identify the type of seed dispersal being described in the given statement.

Some plants rely on water to disperse their fruits. These will either grow on the water or by the side of water.

• Water

• Shakers

• Bursting

• Wind

Identify the how the seeds of the given are being dispersed.

• water

• exploding

Identify the how the seeds of the given are being dispersed.

• water

• exploding

Identify the how the seeds of the given are being dispersed.

• water

• exploding