FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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they can reproduce without free-standing water
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seeds nourish and protect plant embryos
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seeds allow plants to disperse to new places
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seeds cannot remain dormant for long periods of time
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Detailed explanation-1: -Advantages of seeds to plants: (a) Seeds have better adaptive strategies for dispersal to new habitats for better survival. (b) Seeds have reserve food materials to nourish the seedlings during seed germination. (c) The hard seed coat provides protection to the young embryo.
Detailed explanation-2: -The seeds protect the embryo from harsh environmental conditions. They provide nourishment and parental care to the developing embryo. The dispersal of the seeds to far-off places prevents competition among the members of the same species, thus preventing their extinction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which one of the following is true of seed plants but not true of seedless plants? The sporophyte is dependent on the gametophyte.