Chapter 5: Seeds and Seeds

📘 About this chapter

Seed dispersal, germination, seed structure, types of seeds.

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Learning Objectives

By end of this chapter you will:

Understand Seed Structure and Seed Dispersal

Perform 1 practised experiment

Define: Seed, Cotyledon, Embryo

Solve NCERT exercises confidently

🔗 Prerequisites

📌Chapter 4 concepts

📊 Chapter Stats

Difficulty🌱 Beginner

Est. Time36 min

Topics3

Formulas0

Experiments1

Progress0%

💡 Did You Know?

✦Seeds can remain dormant for thousands of years — a 32,000-year-old seed was germinated in Russia!

✦The largest seed in the world is the coco-de-mer coconut (up to 25 kg!)

✦Rice, wheat and maize are seeds — they feed more than half the world's population

✦One dandelion plant produces about 200 seeds that can travel 100 km in the wind

🔑 Key Terms(click any term for AI explanation)