Help Instructions. Match the term with the correct response. Write the letter of the term by the definition.

a. germination
e. chromosomes
b. seed coat
f. viable
c. endosperm
g. deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
d. zygote
h. hybrid

1. Cell produced by union of sperm and egg.

2. Growth of a new plant from a seed or the beginning of growth of the seed.

3. Stored nutritive material in seed; source of energy for the seed.

4. Offspring from genetically different parents.

5. Seed capable of germination.

6. Protective shell surrounding the embryo and endosperm of a seed.

7. Arrangement of genes; made of proteins and nucleic acid and controls cell activity.

8. Long molecular chains that store genetic information in a cell.