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Did you eat any seeds this morning?
Seed Plants
Seeds you can eat
Plants produce seeds
Also have gametophyte and sporophyte stage, but both occur in one plant
Pollen can be transported by wind or animals
Characteristics of Seed Plants
Stored food (endosperm) in the cotyledons.
Young plant
Seed coat
Seed structure
Seeds have no seed covering.Most common are Conifers
Important to you for wood, paper, soap, turpentine, paint, and ink.
Gymnosperms
Life Cycle
Have a seed covering
Produce flowers and fruits
Over 235,000
Can be found in every ecosystem
Angiosperms
Fruits help the seeds be transported by:
Animals fur
Wind
Water
Eaten
Reproduction
Two Kinds
FoodBuilding materialsClothingRopeMedicineRubberperfume
Importance
2. One advantage of seed plants is that young plants are nourished by food stored the seed.
3. The gametophytes of seed plants are protected in the reproductive structures of the sporophyte.
8. Flowers and fruits adaptations that help angiosperms reproduce are sticking to the fur and tasting good.
9. The way the plant can ensure its seeds are carries throughout the forest is to have tasty fruit.
Questions