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Important Questions on Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

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Read the given statements (i to vii) describing the events that lead to the maturation of a plant.

(i)The root grows first.
(ii)The seedling obtains the food it needs from the cotyledons.
(iii)The part that comes out next is the shoot.
(iv) It grows downwards because of gravity.
(v)The seedling develops its leaves and starts making food.
(vi) More leaves will develop as the plant grows.
(vii) The seed leaves now no longer needed, wither, die and fall off.
Now, select the correct option from the codes given below to put the events in the correct order.

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Moninder wants to find out the best temperature for mustard seeds to germinate. He uses three Petri dishes. Each dish has a layer of moist tissue paper covered with 30 mustard seeds. Moninder puts one dish in a warm cupboard, one in a cool cupboard and one in a refrigerator. He waters all of the seeds regularly for 21 days. His results for the first four days are shown in the table.

  Number of germinated mustard seeds Number of germinated mustard seeds Number of germinated mustard seeds Number of germinated mustard seeds
  Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
Warm cupboard 0 5 20 24
Cool cupboard 0 2 8 14
Refrigerator 0 0 0 0

What conclusion can you draw from Moninder's results?