What is the term for the process by which plants spread their seeds to new locations?

What is the term for the process by which plants spread their seeds to new locations?

• A. Land-use change
• B. Seed dispersal
• C. Endangered
• D. Monocrop

Answer: (B)

Seed dispersal is the process by which plants spread their seeds to new locations. Moving seeds away from the parent plant helps reduce competition for light, water, and nutrients and allows plants to colonize new areas where conditions might be favorable. Seeds get carried or carried along by wind, animals, water, or even by being ejected from the plant itself. For example, dandelion seeds ride the wind, acorns may be buried or eaten and later dispersed by animals, and coconuts can float across oceans to distant shores. This movement also increases genetic diversity and the chances that some offspring will find suitable habitats. The other terms describe different things—land-use change means altering landscapes, endangered is a conservation status, and monocrop refers to growing a single crop, not the process of spreading seeds.

Seed dispersal is the process by which plants spread their seeds to new locations. Moving seeds away from the parent plant helps reduce competition for light, water, and nutrients and allows plants to colonize new areas where conditions might be favorable. Seeds get carried or carried along by wind, animals, water, or even by being ejected from the plant itself. For example, dandelion seeds ride the wind, acorns may be buried or eaten and later dispersed by animals, and coconuts can float across oceans to distant shores. This movement also increases genetic diversity and the chances that some offspring will find suitable habitats. The other terms describe different things—land-use change means altering landscapes, endangered is a conservation status, and monocrop refers to growing a single crop, not the process of spreading seeds.