
What is seed dispersal by explosion?
Important Questions on Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants







Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.
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Moninder wants to find out the best temperature for mustard seeds to germinate. He uses three Petri dishes. Each dish has a layer of moist tissue paper covered with 30 mustard seeds. Moninder puts one dish in a warm cupboard, one in a cool cupboard and one in a refrigerator. He waters all of the seeds regularly for 21 days. His results for the first four days are shown in the table.
Number of germinated mustard seeds | Number of germinated mustard seeds | Number of germinated mustard seeds | Number of germinated mustard seeds | |
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | |
Warm cupboard | 0 | 5 | 20 | 24 |
Cool cupboard | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
Refrigerator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How many seeds had germinated by day 4 in the warm cupboard?








Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in the blank.
water | seed coat | seeds | seedling | wind | explosion |
Poppy and Geranium fruits burst open when they ripen. The seeds are scattered through _____.



