What is the meaning of the word disperse as used in the passage?

Question

Seating often grow best at this from their parents plant where they can avoid competition for nutrients as a result plants have evolved different strategies to disperse seed away from the parent one such strategy is to use the wind to scatter the seeds to new locations

to cover an area completely

to break up into smaller pieces

to send in different directions

Answer 1

In the passage, the word "disperse" means to send in different directions. It refers to the strategy that plants use to spread their seeds away from the parent plant, allowing the seeds to settle in new locations.