How does a seed become a plant?

How does a seed become a plant?

Watch the SciShow Kids video below then answer the questions that follow.

Questions

  1. Dormant means:
    1. Asleep
    2. Inactive
    3. Both of the above
  2. The process by which the plant begins to grow or develop is called:
    1. Germination
    2. Growing
    3. Developing
  3. The first part of the plant to come out of the seed is the:
    1. Root
    2. Shoot
  4. The root always grows:
    1. Upward
    2. Downward
  5. True or false? When the shoot breaks through the soil to the open air above, we say that it has sprouted.
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