Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Cotton vs Kapok?




Dear 5.9,

Have you ever wondered what the similarities and differences are between cotton and kapok? Read about these plants here!

Quiz Question: What do you think is their method of seed dispersal and why?
The first three correct entries win a prize! :D The closing date for the quiz is Sunday, 1 March!
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Miss Lee :)
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    wind,it is feathery,allowwing it to stay in the air for a longer time,the wind blows the seed to another place.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    that was for kapok

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    CANCEL my answers on top

    KOpak is spread by friut bat,animals
    . The night-blooming flowers are pollinated and the seeds are spread by fruit bats.


    cotton Seeds of the cotton and dandelion have tiny hairs surrounding them. The maple seeds have wings attached to it. These adaptations enable the seeds to be carried by the winds.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    The Kapok plant's seeds are dispersed by fruit bats.

    They like to hang on the kapok plant when they sleep because the kapok plant is soft and smooth.
    The seeds will be dispersed when the seeds are carried by the fruit bats' wings when the fruit bat flies to another kapok plant.

    (This is just a minor guess. Not sure whther correct or not. Pls don't laugh =P)

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    i'm sure both of them are dispersed by self-explosive action.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:24 PM

    hello nicholas? you spelt kapok wrongly

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    erm...i guess i change my answer for kapok...it's dispersed by animal.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    kapok and cotton are both dispersed by wind.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    kapok is dispersed by wind because the seeds are contained in oval fruits and are surrounded by cotton like fibres.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    cotton plant is dispersed by wind as it produces fluffy fibres to protect its seeds and helps to disperse them.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    erm...both cotton n kapok plants...are dispersed by wind if i did not hear wrongly at lesson time.These plants are light n feathery n are able to stay in the air for a long time.

    Comments(some words r wad i write for short form):I hope I noe wad I am saying._.

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  12. AnonymousMarch 29, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    wow... a huge challenge! like scientists fighting to be right





    ivan

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