AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A cotyledon stores food for the seed which it uses during the process of germination. Cotyledons also form the first leaves in a baby plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cotyledons help supply the nutrition a plant embryo needs to germinate and become established as a photosynthetic organism and may themselves be a source of nutritional reserves or may aid the embryo in metabolizing nutrition stored elsewhere in the seed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, the correct answer is ‘Cotyledons or Endosperm’

Detailed explanation-4: -Cotyledons of seed are units to store reserve food in the form of fats and proteins which are used by young embryo after germination, during its initial growth as a seedling.

Detailed explanation-5: -The answer is yes, the cotyledon stores food for the baby plant inside the seed. Cotyledons act as a food reserve and contain the stored food of the seed. This stored food is utilized to help the embryo during seed germination.