Seed Germination

Which condition is NOT needed for germination?

• Water

• Light

• Suitable temperature

• Oxygen

What does the word GERMINATE mean?

• dies

• begins to grow

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

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

• grass

• source of light

The part of a plant that grows into a new plant

• food store

• seed

• flower

• roots

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A seed can still grow into a plant, even after many years

• Yes

• No

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A seed sprouts into a young plant called a ________.

• seedling

• leaf

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What happens to a seed when it is soaked in water overnight?

• It gets bigger and the seed coat comes off.

• It grows into a plant.

• It gets smaller and harder.

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What part of the seed provides food for the plant as it begins to grow?

• food store (cotyledon)

• embryo

• seed coat

What part of the seed grows into the new plant?

• embryo

• seed coat

Which of these stages happens AFTER a seed is planted and BEFORE it grows into a seedling?

• adult stage

• seedling stage

• germination stage

• seed stage

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