Benefits Of Seed Dispersal

Introduction: Seed dispersal is the process by which seeds are dispersed from a parent plant. Dispersal is the key in finding suitable environments, with less competition to grow a seed in. It is more challenging for plants to disperse seeds because plants are not motile like animals and humans. There are 3 main options of transportation, air, water and animals. For each of the 3 options plants need to adapt so the seeds can reach a suitable destination safely.
In wind dispersal, seeds rely on natures wind to carry them far distances away from the parent plant. Most plants that use wind dispersal need to have specialized seeds that will be light enough for the wind to carry them and have special modifications such as tiny projectiles such

Of the 9 tests done in trial 3, 3 of the seeds took longer than 3 seconds to reach the ground; the first being #2 at 3.35 seconds, the second being #5 at 3.26 seconds and the last being #9 at 3.23 seconds. The increase of drag provided by the piece of paper attached to the black eyed pea allowed for an increased aerial time and let the wind to push the seed farther distances. This gives the seed a higher chance of reaching a farther location away from the parent plant to germinate, and create a new generation of plants. This allows the plant to propagate its genetic material and increase diversity. A source of error in this experiment was that the experiment was conducted without the usage of wind, which would greatly vary the data gathered, and the leaf of the seed was not composed out of material that nature would make it out of. A few questions that may arise from this experiment are the following- if the seed had more than one leaf or blade attached to it; would the seed be able to gain more aerial time? If the seed had been lighter or heavier would the wind provide more aerial time or distance through lift? Further experimentations may answer these