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Question
Answer the following in detail
Why are seeds produced in large quantities?
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Solution
Seeds are produced in large quantities because not all of them grow into plants.
So to ensure that at least a few of them end in a favourable place for growth, plants produce more seeds than will ever become adult plants. If they don’t overproduce, the specie would die out.
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