While Cleaning Out the Attic, You Find a Packet of Seeds

question 20

Multiple Choice

While cleaning out the attic, you find a packet of seeds that your grandmother gathered from her garden. You plant them outside, and some of them sprout. What was the condition of these germinating seeds while they were in the attic?

• A) The endosperm cells were dead; the embryo cells were alive but inactive.
• B) They were dead, but the embryo cells revived in response to water.
• C) They were alive and very metabolically active.
• D) They were alive but dormant.

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