Question

How does seed dispersal help plants?

• A. New plants can grow in the same place as their parents.
• B. New plants can get more nutrients, light and space to grow.
• C. New plants will make double the oxygen for the environment.
• D. New plants will produce more fruit than the older plants if they are spread out.

Answer 1

The correct option is B New plants can get more nutrients, light and space to grow.

Plants make seeds that can grow into new plants, but if the seeds just fall on the ground under the parent plant, they might not get enough sunlight, water or nutrients from the soil. Because plants cannot walk around and take their seeds to other places, they have developed methods to disperse (move) their seeds.