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Specialized Plant Structures and Success of Reproduction

Instructions: Use figure 1 below to answer the following questions. Use the structure of the seeds/fruits to help answer some of the questions, and maybe the type of plant as well.

Figure 1: Each column shows seeds/fruits that are dispersed (transported) using the same method.

1. Hypothesize how column 1 is dispersed, and give reasoning behind your hypothesis: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Hypothesize how column 2 is dispersed, and give reasoning behind your hypothesis: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name ______________________________________ Hr ______________

3. Hypothesize how column 3 is dispersed, and give reasoning behind your hypothesis: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Hypothesize how column 4 is dispersed, and give reasoning behind your hypothesis: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Hypothesize as to why seeds would want to be dispersed far from there parental plant: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________