Exploring Seed Structure
A Grade 3 science worksheet to explore the different parts of a seed and their functions.
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Exploring Seed Structure
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Some questions may ask you to label parts of a diagram.
Look at the diagram of the seed below. It shows the different parts of a dicot seed.
1. The outer covering of a seed is called the .
2. The baby plant inside the seed is called the .
3. The food for the baby plant is stored in the .
1. Which part of the seed protects the embryo?
Cotyledon
Seed coat
Embryo
Root
2. What is the main job of the cotyledon?
To grow into a flower
To protect the seed
To store food for the embryo
To make new seeds
1. All seeds have the same number of cotyledons.
True
False
2. The embryo is the part of the seed that grows into a new plant.
True
False
1. What does the seed need to start growing?
2. Imagine you find a seed. What are two things you would look for to know it's a seed?
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