PPT-Seeds on the Run: A Model of Seed Dispersal

Sara Garnett Michael Kuczynski Anne Royer GK12 workshop 12512 On the run Most organisms dont spend their whole lives in the place they were born Dispersal movement of organisms away from a given population or parent. Click to Enter. Instructions. Ensure that you complete all activities and worksheets when instructed to do so. The pad icon will indicate when you should fill in your worksheet.. Work your way through the presentation by clicking on the background to move to the next page or to activate an animation. The mouse icon will indicate that a click will activate an animation or require buttons to be pressed in the quizzes. . Sweet, anise-flavored fennel seed together with thyme, nettle, mugwort, etc., has been revered as one of nine Anglo-Saxon sacred herbs for its conventional health benefits. The spice is one of the most sought-after ingredients in many popular cuisines all over the Mediterranean regions.. . Seeds are the beginning! Look at the diagram to review the parts of a seed.. 1. 2. 3. 6. 5. 4. Next. How do plants depend on animals to disperse their seeds?. . Start with Seeds! . Image Source: by permission from Primary Games. http. ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit. http://www.school.net.th/library/create-web. /10000/science/10000-6605/pic1.jpeg. http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm#parachutes. http://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/category/view-plants/hawaiian-fruit-or-cones/. seed disperser and predator. 12.05.2012. Jakob. . Nalley. , Liz Schultheis and Tomomi Suwa. Today’s Outline. . Background on dispersal and predation. Field Experiment. Project Squirrel (citizen science project). Floral Careers. Plant . Propagation. 3 Basic Parts. Embryo. Food Storage . Coverings. Embryo. Part of the seed that “germinates” and becomes the new plant.. Bean seed showing embryo. Food . Storage. myrmecochorous. ants in road verges: the influence of soil disturbances from . roadworks. Zs. ofia Palfi, . Peter G Spooner*, . Wayne . Robinson. Charles Sturt University, Australia. pspooner@csu.edu.au. Sweet, anise-flavored fennel seed together with thyme, nettle, mugwort, etc., has been revered as one of nine Anglo-Saxon sacred herbs for its conventional health benefits. The spice is one of the most sought-after ingredients in many popular cuisines all over the Mediterranean regions.. Fruits follow flowers in the life cycle of a flowering plant. They are part of the sporophyte and are diploid. A fruit develops from the ovary of a flower after pollination and ovule development have occurred. Fruit functions, not only to surround and protect the developing seeds, but more importantly, to accomplish dispersal. There are many strategies of seed dispersal, including . Seed Dispersal. Seed Dispersal. Wind. Water. Eaten. Fur. Mechanically Propelled. Maple. Wind. Coconut. Water. Beggar-tick. Sticks to the animals fur. Dandelion . Wind. Cherry. Eaten by animals. Touch-me-not. Seed Coat. Leaf. Root. Stem. Some Seeds are Covered by Fruits. Kiwi. Peach. Pomegranate. Tomato. Edible Seeds. Sunflower seeds. peanuts. lima beans. Tree Seeds. Acorns are the seeds. of oak trees.. These are the seeds of a. Seed Plants. Recall that seedless plants were either nonvascular or vascular… either way they did . NOT. produce seeds. Seeds can be found . everywhere. …acorns, dandelion seeds, kernels of corn, even peanuts!. Deinacrida. . connectens. ). By Hannah Larsen and Kevin C. Burns. Background. Alpine scree wetas (. Deinacrida. . connectens. ). live above the tree line in the South Island of New . Zealand. . The alpine scree weta . Biogeography. The study of where organisms live is called . biogeography.. Note: In addition to studying . where. species live, biogeographers also try to understand . what. led to the worldwide distribution of species that exist today..