AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fruit is the part of the plant that protects seeds as they grow. Fruits can be fleshy and juicy-like apples and oranges-or dry like nuts or peas. People plant some seeds, but most plants don’t rely on people. Plants rely on animals and wind and water to help scatter their seeds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants lure animals into dispersing their seeds by producing yummy nuts, fruits, and seeds for them to eat. Once the animal has eaten and digested the seeds, it will deposit them in its feces which will then begin the growth process for a brand-new plant, often at a great distance from the parent plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seed dispersal Plants growing near a river may use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some seed pods are designed to explode and throw the seeds a good distance from the parent plant. Many plants also use animals to carry their seeds. This type of seed may have handy hooks which attach to an animal’s fur.

Detailed explanation-4: -After these fruit-eating animals (also known as frugivores) ingest fruit, they process them in their digestive tracts, and then regurgitate seeds or deposit seeds in their feces. Behavior, both innate and learned, is involved in every step of the dispersal process.

Detailed explanation-5: -In some plants seeds are housed within a fruit (such as apples or oranges). These fruits, including the seeds, are eaten by animals who then disperse the seeds when they defecate. Some fruits can be carried by water, such as a floating coconut. Some seeds have little hooks that can stick on to an animal’s furry coat.