“Animal Jobs: Seed Dispersal” Quiz
#1. What’s the first reason seeds need to disperse?
Dispersal keeps the baby plants from competing for food with the mother plant.
#2. True or False: it’s a good idea for a type of plant toonly grow in a single small area.
FALSE! If all the plants of a species grew in the same area, a single event
like a forest fire could wipe them ALL out!
#3. What is it called when a seed is light & spreads by floating in the air?
Wind dispersal!
#4. What are some examples of wind-dispersed seeds?
Dandelions with fluffy seeds, and maples with helicopter seeds.
#5. What’s an example of a water-dispersed seed?
Coconuts, because they are partly hollow, meaning there’s air in the middleof them that helps them float.
#6. What is the “attachment” type of animal seed dispersal?
This is when seeds have tiny hooks on them. When an animal touches the plant, those hooks catch on the animal’s fur or feathers, holding on tight.
#7. True or False: Animal feces can spread plant species.
TRUE!!!
#8. What type of seed-dispersing animal do you see every day?
Goldfinches. They eat seeds, and what doesn’t get digested will plop out later on, ready to grow.
#9. What do 13-lined ground squirrels use their emergency burrows for?
To hide from predators.
#10. Other than pooping, how does Chip help disperse seeds?
They store extra seeds & nuts in underground tunnels and sometimes they don’t eat all that food, or they forget where they buried it. Those seedsthen sprout & grow!
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