system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
In a plant seed, has the metabolism completely stopped until germination or is there still very very very slow "life" happening? In other words, is it "paused", or is it consuming energy very slowly?
gpt
Seeds have inhibitors in place to prevent wasting Large amounts of energy and germinating In conditions that do not have adequate: water, oxygen, temperatures, or soil. Some seeds do use small amounts of energy while dormant to fuel cellular respiration. 

So, to answer your question, seeds that haven’t germinated yet use small amounts of energy for basic processes to stay alive and wait for good germinating conditions.