Seeds are produced from plants. We know that plant is a living being.

1.	Seeds are produced from plants. We know that plant is a living being. Can we say that seeds are also living things? Let us discuss the characteristics of living seeds?i) Does a seed take in food? From where?ii) Will it die if stored for a long time?iii) What happens when a seed is sown in soil?
Answer» i) Seed has stored food in it. So it does not take in food. The food store is in the endosperm, and/or in the cotyledons. ii) Yes, if we preserve it carefully we can store the food for a long time. iii) When a seed is sown in the soil it will germinate.

Seeds are produced from plants. We know that plant is a living being. Can we say that seeds are also living things? Let us discuss the characteristics of living seeds?i) Does a seed take in food? From where?ii) Will it die if stored for a long time?iii) What happens when a seed is sown in soil?

Answer»

i) Seed has stored food in it. So it does not take in food. The food store is in the endosperm, and/or in the cotyledons.

ii) Yes, if we preserve it carefully we can store the food for a long time.

iii) When a seed is sown in the soil it will germinate.