3.6: Understand How Germinating Seeds Utilise Food Reserves until the Seedling can Carry Out Photosynthesis

GERMINATION: Process Controlled by Enzymes in Which the Seed Develops into a Plant

UTILISATION OF FOOD RESERVES IN SEEDS

Diagram showing Reactions that Take Place in the Cotyledon (Food Store)

EXPLANATION: Cotyledon contains Starch which is Used as a Food Store in Seeds Amylase will Break Down Starch Into Glucose Glucose will be Used in Aerobic Respiration to Release Energy for Growth This will Continue until the Seed Germinates and can Photosynthesize Independently