Impatiens

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/impatiens

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Impatiens
2. What is the seed dispersal mechanism?Ballistic dehiscence, involving rapid elastic energy release from specialized pericarp cells
3. How do Impatiens shoot their seeds?When the fruit of an Impatiens plant is ready, the cells inside snap like a spring, using stored energy to fling the seeds several meters away. This helps the seeds find new places to grow.
4. Where can I find Impatiens in nature?They live mostly in the Northern Hemisphere and tropical Africa, especially in moist, shaded areas such as forest understories, stream banks, and ravines.

Angiosperms: Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed within a fruit.
Pericarp: The part of a fruit that develops from the ovary wall and surrounds the seed.
Endemism: The state of a species or group of organisms being unique to a defined geographic location.
Speciation: The evolutionary process by which new biological species arise.