Question

Do all seeds have seed coats?

Answer 1

Seeds

1. The fertilization of an egg in the ovary results in the formation of a seed.
2. This seed consists of an embryo.
3. Structures found in the seed are seed coat, micropyle (entry of water for germination), hilum, cotyledons, endosperm (nutrition), radicle (embryonic root), and plumule (embryonic shoot).
4. The seed coat develops from the ovule integument.
5. It also helps in the transmission of information from the external environment and protects the embryo.
6. It has an outer thick testa and inner thin tegmen.
7. All seeds consist of a seed coat.