1. GROUP MEMBERS: Shanna Deborah Jie Hao Benjamin
P5 Learning Tapestry
GROUP MEMBERS: Shanna
Deborah
Jie Hao
Benjamin

2. HOW DO ANIMALS HELP IN THE DISPERSAL OF SEEDS???

3. SEA GRAPES
RASBERRIES
BILBERRIES

4. Raspberry Bilberry
∙these plants often surround their seeds with a brightly-coloured and sweet-tasting pulp to attract animals
∙red is one of the most common colours of fruits as it is a colour insects cannot see very well
∙elephants and birds eat the fruits and deposit the seeds in their droppings several miles away
∙the seed coat usually prevents the digestion of the seeds

5. Plants have limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal methods to transport their seeds

6. Examples of seeds using this method: Date Monstera
Birds also eat the fleshy fruits but they discard the seed immediately
Monkeys eat figs and other fruit , carrying them
Away while dropping others onto the ground
In some cases, animals collect the fruits or seeds and bury them to eat later, but forget about them and the seeds start germinating because of this, the flowering plants to be the most successful type of plants on earth
Examples of seeds using this method:
Date Monstera

7. Seeds With Clinging Hooks or Spines
Entelia Sea Holly
∙many plants produce fruits or individual seeds covered in hooks or spines
∙they attach the seed onto the animal’s fur or feathers
Examples of seeds using this method:
Orlaya Cynoglossum Burr
∙burrs also stick to your socks and pants when you walk through grassy fields
∙many fruits of grasses have latches that cling onto creatures too

8. Sources From: http://theseedsite.co.uk/sdanimal.html
BBC video on dispersal seeds by animals

9. QUIZ TIME!! 1. Name the main modes of seed dispersal EXCLUDING water.
Ans. Gravity, Ballistic, Animals and Wind
2. Name the 1 seed which was mentioned with clinging hooks or spines.
Ans. Entelia/Sea Holly
3. What usually prevents the digestion of seeds?
Ans. Seed coat
4. What is one of the most common colours of fruits?
Ans. Red

10. FOR
Listening