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  • Fruits have ______ around the seeds.
    flesh
  • A ________ is the part of a flowering plant that contains seeds
    Fruit
  • What is one reason that seeds need to move away from the parent plant in order grow?
    to get sunlight, water, nutrients (food) from the soil, and space
  • Seed dispersal happens ...... a fruit is ripe.
    after
  • How does this seed move?
    Explosion
  • One job of a fruit is _______.
    To protect seeds.
  • How does this seed move?
    Wind
  • How does this seed move?
    Animals
  • How does this plant disperse its seeds?
    water
  • One job of a fruit is _______.
    To spread seeds
  • Fruits and seeds can be different sizes and shapes. (true/false)
    true
  • How does this seed move?
    Wind. It has wings like a helicopter!
  • A coconut is a very large seed. How does it travel away from its parent plant?
    water
  • How does this seed move?
    Animals. Animals eat them and poop out the seeds!
  • How does this seed move?
    expulsion
  • How does this seed move?
    Animals
  • How does this seed move?
    Water
  • How does this seed move?
    Animals. It is sticky!
  • How does this seed move?
    Animals / Squirrels
  • Why do some plants grow a brightly colored, tasty fruit around their seeds?
    So that animals will want to eat them (and move their seeds)
  • How does this plant disperse its seeds?
    wind
  • How does this plant disperse its seeds?
    wind/air
  • How does this plant disperse its seeds?
    wind/air
  • Fruits have a _______ on the outside.
    skin
  • What is one way that humans can disperse seeds?
    seeds get stuck to clothing