Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Biology
Chapter: Chapter 6 — Chapter 6: Seeds - Structure and Germination
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does a seed coat do? [1]
(A) Protects the seed
(B) Stores food
(C) Grows into roots
(D) Nothing specific
2. What is inside a seed besides the seed coat? [1]
(A) An embryo and stored food
(B) Only water
(C) Only air
(D) Nothing else
3. What stores food in a seed? [1]
(A) Cotyledons
(B) The seed coat
(C) The radicle
(D) The plumule
4. What conditions does germination require? [1]
(A) Water, oxygen and suitable temperature
(B) Only darkness
(C) Only cold temperatures
(D) No specific conditions
5. What happens first during germination? [1]
(A) The seed absorbs water
(B) The plant flowers
(C) Fruit forms
(D) Nothing happens
6. What is the radicle? [1]
(A) The embryonic root
(B) The embryonic shoot
(C) The seed coat
(D) The stored food
7. What is the plumule? [1]
(A) The embryonic shoot
(B) The embryonic root
(C) The seed coat
(D) The stored food
8. Why study seed structure and germination? [1]
(A) To grow plants successfully
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What does a seed coat do? [1]
(A) Protects the seed
(B) Stores food
(C) Grows into roots
(D) Nothing specific
10. What is inside a seed besides the seed coat? [1]
(A) An embryo and stored food
(B) Only water
(C) Only air
(D) Nothing else
11. What stores food in a seed? [1]
(A) Cotyledons
(B) The seed coat
(C) The radicle
(D) The plumule
12. What conditions does germination require? [1]
(A) Water, oxygen and suitable temperature
(B) Only darkness
(C) Only cold temperatures
(D) No specific conditions
13. What happens first during germination? [1]
(A) The seed absorbs water
(B) The plant flowers
(C) Fruit forms
(D) Nothing happens
14. What is the radicle? [1]
(A) The embryonic root
(B) The embryonic shoot
(C) The seed coat
(D) The stored food
15. What is the plumule? [1]
(A) The embryonic shoot
(B) The embryonic root
(C) The seed coat
(D) The stored food
16. Why study seed structure and germination? [1]
(A) To grow plants successfully
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests