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Botany: Understanding Fruit Structure and Seed Dispersal

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What is the function of fruits in flowering plants?

To disseminate their seeds.

How have edible fruits propagated over time?

Using the movements of humans and other animals in a symbiotic relationship.

What is the cultural importance of some fruits?

Some have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings.

What is the significance of fruits for humans and other animals?

They have become dependent on fruits as a source of food. Signup and view all the answers

According to botanical usage, what does the term 'fruit' include?

Many structures that are not commonly called 'fruits' in everyday language, such as nuts, bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains. Signup and view all the answers

How do common language terms for fruit and seeds differ from botanical classifications?

In botany, a fruit is a ripened ovary or carpel that contains seeds. Signup and view all the answers

Give an example of a botanically classified fruit that is typically called a vegetable.

An example is the tomato. Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between a fruit and a nut?

The main difference is that a fruit is a type of plant produce with seeds, while a nut is a type of fruit and not a seed. Signup and view all the answers

What is the outer layer of most fruits called?

The outer layer, often edible, is called the pericarp. Signup and view all the answers

What process results in the formation of a fruit?

A fruit results from the fertilizing and maturing of one or more flowers. Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for a fruit that bears a prominent pointed terminal projection?

It is called beaked. Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the sequence that starts with pollination and results in fertilization of ovules?

The term is double fertilization. Signup and view all the answers

What is the edible produce of rhubarb, botanically speaking?

The edible produce of rhubarb is actually the leaf stalk or petiole of the plant. Signup and view all the answers

Give an example of a fruit that is botanically a cereal grain.

An example is corn. Signup and view all the answers

What is the name for the female gametophyte that produces an egg cell for fertilization?

The female gametophyte is called a megagametophyte. Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of the pollen tube in the fertilization process?

The main purpose of the pollen tube is to transfer sperm from the pollen to the megagametophyte. Signup and view all the answers

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