Seeds The seed is a stage in the life cycle of a flowering plant (angiosperms)

Seed types Monocot seeds and Dicot seeds Example of a monocot seed is a corn seed Example of a Dicot seed is an apple seed Dicot Monocot

Parts of a monocot seed Corn seed Seed coat - protects the seed Endosperm - surrounds the embryo and stores food. Cotyledon - absorb nutrients from the endosperm and transport it to the plant.

Dicot Bean Seed and Monocot Corn Seed

Roots of Angiosperms Dicots have one long thick root called a taproot with secondary small roots growing from it.

Monocot Roots The monocot root is made up of small branching fibers

Stems Stems contain tubes with veins that carry food down to the plant’s roots and water and minerals upward to the leaves. The bundles of veins within a monocot stem are scattered. The bundle of veins of a dicot stem are arranged in a neat circle

Leaves Leaves of a Monocot plant have parallel veins Leaves of a Dicot plant have intersecting veins that form a branching pattern. Dicot leaf Monocot leaf

Flowers Monocot flowers have parts that are in three petals Dicot flowers have four or five petals. Dicot flower Monocot flower

Dicot angiosperms