Flowers fruits and seeds

Once a seed has grown fully it is ready to begin to make a new plant.. Plants create lots of seeds because many get eaten, damaged or do not find a good place to grow.. The seed has more

Some plants reproduce by creating fruit and seeds

The seeds are contained within or on the fruit.

There are lots of different types of fruit.

Once a seed has grown fully it is ready to begin to make a new plant

Plants create lots of seeds because many get eaten, damaged or do not find a good place to grow

The seed has more chance of becoming a new plant

if it can start to grow away from its parent plant

This is because it will need light, water and nutrients

Seeds can be dispersed in different ways.

Seeds are packaged within tasty fruit

Animals and birds eat them

They are deposited in their droppings

The droppings act as a special fertiliser to help the young plant grow

Seeds can use the wind to leave home

Some seeds are light and have tiny parachutes

Some are shaped like wings to spin away like a helicopter

Some seeds use hooks to grab a ride on passing animals

The animals carry them away from the parent plant

After a while the seed falls off and can begin to grow

Some seeds are spread by the seed pod splitting open violently

The seeds are thrown in all directions

Many seeds are thrown away from the parent plant and can begin to grow

When a seed has been dispersed, only a few of those the plant creates land where they can form a new

plant

The seeds that land in a good place can begin to

grow

This process is called germination