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Flowering Plant Reproduction Guide

The document explains plant reproduction, focusing on fruits and seeds, which are formed from the ovary containing seeds. It details the structure of seeds, including the seed coat, embryo, and endosperm, as well as the processes of seed dispersal and the parts of a flower. Additionally, it highlights the importance of seed dispersal for species survival.

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Flowering Plant Reproduction Guide

The document explains plant reproduction, focusing on fruits and seeds, which are formed from the ovary containing seeds. It details the structure of seeds, including the seed coat, embryo, and endosperm, as well as the processes of seed dispersal and the parts of a flower. Additionally, it highlights the importance of seed dispersal for species survival.

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Plant

Reproduction

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Fruits and Seeds
What is a fruit?
A fruit is an enlarged ovary that contain seeds. Seeds are formed inside
the ovary. As the seeds get larger, the ovary gets larger too. The ovary
becomes the fruit and protects the seeds.
Fruits are formed according to the structure of their flowers. If a flower
has only one ovary, it produces a simple fruit.

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Structure of the Seed and Embryo

Plants with seeds reproduce sexually. The seed, which is the ripened
ovule, consists of the seed coat, the embryo, and endosperm. The tough,
protective seed coat develops from the wall of the ovule. On the outside of the
seed there is a scar called the hilum, which marks the attachment of the ovule to
the ovary. The embryo develops from the fertilized egg. The endosperm is a
food storage tissue that develops from the endosperm nucleus.

Cotyledons are modified leaves. Plants with one cotyledons are called monocots,
and those with two cotyledons are called dicots.

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The part of the embryo above the point of attachment of the cotyledons
is called the epicotyl. The hypocotyl is the part of embryo below the
point of attachment of the cotyledons, and the radicle is the lowermost
part of the hypocotyl.

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Seed dispersal

• Seed dispersal refers to the process by which seeds are scattered,


moved, or transported away from the parent plant to a much wider
area. This is done by plants to prevent overcrowding of the same
plants in a specific area.
• During this time, the seed stops doing any type of activity (dormant
stage). This continues until the seed meets the requirements in order to
germinate.

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Flowers are the attractive parts of a plant. The
main parts of a flower are: petals, sepals, stamen,
and pistil. The stamen is the male reproductive
organ, while the pistil is the female reproductive
organ.
The scattering or disposal of seeds away from the
parent plant is of great importance in the survival
of the species.

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Life Lesson

If you were given the change


to become a flower, what
would you like to be? Why?

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Check Your Knowledge

Identify the different parts of the flower in the diagram below. Write your
answer beside each number.

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