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True or false: After fertilization, the zygote quickly develops into an embryo with root/shoot axis, root and shoot apical meristems, and one or two cotyledons?
True or false: After fertilization, the zygote quickly develops into an embryo with root/shoot axis, root and shoot apical meristems, and one or two cotyledons?
True
True or false: The development of the embryo in a seed ceases even though nutrients are available and environmental conditions are favorable?
True or false: The development of the embryo in a seed ceases even though nutrients are available and environmental conditions are favorable?
True
True or false: The metabolic rate of the embryo in a seed drops to very low levels and its tolerance to extreme temperatures increases?
True or false: The metabolic rate of the embryo in a seed drops to very low levels and its tolerance to extreme temperatures increases?
True
True or false: Seeds are provisioned with nutrients that come from the parent sporophyte plant via xylem tissue?
True or false: Seeds are provisioned with nutrients that come from the parent sporophyte plant via xylem tissue?
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True or false: The seed coat develops from the integuments of the parent plant and is usually a rigid outside coating of the seed?
True or false: The seed coat develops from the integuments of the parent plant and is usually a rigid outside coating of the seed?
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