Short-term Memory allows one to apply knowledge to a specific task , while Long-term memory allows one to store and recall information.
Short term memory only capable in holding small amount of information. When short term memory is used with association with working memory, It become the force that help us in our reasoning /decision making process and make us able to apply knowledge in specific task that we experienced beforehand.
Long-term memory on the other hand, is capable in holding large amount of information. The information that is stored in the long-term memory tend to be harder to forget and can only be stored if we keep encountering that data over and over again. It stored all important information that needed by short-term/working memory to do its function.
They can successfully germinate at the right time, which may be very short. If ABA was never inactivated, the seed would remain dormant, and it wouldn’t reproduce. Its traits would be lost, and it can be said to have very low fitness.