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DOL Resources book, pages 46-50:  Seed Dispersal

Read about seed dispersal and answer the following questions using short answers.

p. 46

1. Explain when and how plants can move.
2. How do plants overcome the problem of not having legs, wings, or fins?
3. What is one major reason that seed dispersal is important?

4. What is the seed-dispersal strategy of the Asian poppy?

p. 47

5. What are three seed-dispersal strategies that rely on the wind as an agent?

6. Explain how the coconut is a good example of seed dispersal by water.

p.48

7. List three ways animals act as seed-dispersal agents.

p.49

8. How does ejection work for seed dispersal?
9. Explain how beach grass is different from other plants in its seed dispersal technique.

p.50

10. Why is each plant growing where it is?