Chapter 4 Plants (summary) std 5

Plants disperse in various method

• True

• False

All the following are the plants dispersal method except.......

• By wind

• By water

• By animals

• By explosive mechanism

• By other plants

State a dispersal method for the fruit/seed below

• By animals

• By water

• By wind

• By explossive

What are the characteristics of fruits that are dispersed by animals?

• Have latex and juicy

• Edible and have hooks

• Light and have the atrractive colour

• Small and have the spiral shape

My pod splits open and seeds are thrown far away from my mother plant. What is likely my dispersal method?

• By animal

• By explosive mechanism

• By water

• By wind

Which of the seeds below has the same dispersal method as the seed/fruit in this picture?

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Why are dandelion seeds able to disperse by wind?

• Have small seeds and edible

• Have air spaces and dry

• Have hooks that attached with animals fur

• Light and have fine hairs

How do the papaya seeds get spread by birds?

• Through their saliva

• Birds carry the seeds using their claws

• Through their dropping

• Birds carry the seeds in their mouth

I have parachute like shape. What is likely my dispersal method?

• Water

• Wind

• Explosion

• Animal

I have hooks to attach to animal fur. What is my dispersal method?

• Wind

• Water

• Explosion

• Animal