Fruit and seeds
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain how fruits are formed and how the structure of a seed enables germination.
Key learning points
- Seeds contain an embryo, food store and a tough outer coat, and they are formed in the ovary.
- A fruit is the mature and ripened ovary of a seed-producing plant.
- Fruits often contain seeds which will grow into a new plant, given the right conditions.
- Seeds are adapted to be dispersed by animals, wind and water.
Keywords
Seed - The development stage in the growth of a plant's offspring.
Fruit - The ripened ovary of seed-producing plants; it can be fleshy or dry.
Embryo - A development stage in the growth of a new offspring, in a plant it is formed inside a seed.
Ovary - An organ in the female reproductive system. In a plant, fertilisation and seed formation take place here.
Fertilisation - The fusion of gametes to form a zygote; the gametes of a plant are pollen and ova.
Common misconception
A seed is not living.
A seed is living, it contains an embryo and a food store and is a stage of development in the growth of offspring.
Teacher tip
Make comparisons between the development of plants and humans (Y8) and also get pupils to identify ovaries and seeds from different fruits, and their absence from vegetables.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What do plants compete for?
Q2.What is the female gamete of flowering plants called?
Q3.What is the fusion of gametes called?
Q4.What is a zygote?
Q5.What is the name of the material that carries the male gamete of flowering plants?
Q6.Put these stages of development in order.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? A seed is a single cell.
Q2.Seeds form in the of a flower.
Q3.True or false? A fruit is a seed.
Q4.How are dandelion clocks most likely to be dispersed?
Q5.Put these stages of development in the right order.
Q6.Match the structure to its description.
This is made up of a tough outer coating, a food store and an embryo.
Where fertilisation takes place.
An early stage of growth and development of offspring.
The ripened ovary of a seed producing plant.
Food store to provide nutrients to the embryo.
Scar on a seed where it attached to the ovary.
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