Transcript Seeds What are seeds? Basic Parts of Seeds 1. Embryo  2. Food Supply  3.

Seeds
What are seeds?
Basic Parts of
Seeds
1. Embryo
 2. Food Supply
 3. Ovary wall or
seed coat
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Germination
Needed for Germ
 1. Temperature
 2. Moisture
 3. Air
 4. Light or absence of
it
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Germination
Process
 1. Seed absorbs
water
 2. Seeds proteins
activated
 3. Radicle (root)
emerges
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Germination
4. Plumule or
embryonic shoot
emerges
 5. Leaves form and
food production
begins
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Monocot Seeds
1. Seed coatprotection
 2. Endosperm- a
source of energy
 3. Embryo-miniature
plant that has
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Monocot Seeds
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3.Embryo:
Epicotyle-shoot
above cotyledon
Hypocotyl-part of
stem below the
cotyledon
Radicle- primary root,
Dicot Seeds
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1. Seed Coatprotection
2. Embryo
miniature plant
Dicot Seeds
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2. Embryo2 cotyledons-seed
leaves
Epicotyl-true leaves
Hypocotyl-first stem,
pulls seed upward
Radicle-forms roots
Monocot
Germination
1. Seed swells
 2. Radicle grows
down
 3. First internode and
epicotyl grows upward
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Monocot
Germination
4. New leaves form
and food production
starts
 5. New root system
develops
 6. Temporary root
system ceases to
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Dicot
Germination
1. Seed swells
 2. Radicle grows
down
 3. Hypocotyl forms
arch that breaks soil
surface
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Dicot Germination
4. Hypocotyl reaches
light and straightens
up
 5. Cotyledons turn
green and make food
 6. As new leaves
develop, cotyledons
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