Fruit

Question 1

Three types of seed dispersal

Answer 1

Water
Wind
Animal

Question 2

Carpel

Answer 2

modified leaf tissue;
sepal, petals, and pistil remnants

Question 3

Locule

Answer 3

space inside carpel where seeds develop

Question 4

Pericarp

Answer 4

ovary wall;
collection of carpels that form ovary structure

Question 5

Placenta

Answer 5

tissue that seed is attached to

Question 6

Two places placenta originates from

Answer 6

basal (bottom)
apical (top)

Question 7

Four ways egg attaches to placenta

Answer 7

marginal
axile
parietal
free-central

Question 8

marginal

Answer 8

eggs on outside edge of ovary wall

Question 9

pariatal

Answer 9

same as marginal but more than one carpal

Question 10

axile

Answer 10

eggs attached to inside of locule

Question 11

free central

Answer 11

placenta grows into finger with ovules attached up and down

Question 12

basal

Answer 12

placenta originates from pedicel

Question 13

apical

Answer 13

placenta attaches at top of ovary

Question 14

endocarp

Answer 14

tissue closest to seed

Question 15

mesocarp

Answer 15

edible tissue

Question 16

exocarp

Answer 16

skin of fruit

Question 17

Fruit

Answer 17

seed bearing tissue

Question 18

Pomes

Answer 18

fleshy fruits with several seed chambers that develop from compound pistils
apples, pears

Question 19

Berries

Answer 19

many seeded fruits embedded in pulpy body

blueberry, tomato, grape

Question 20

Pepo

Answer 20

Berry with a hard outer rind

squash, watermelon

Question 21

Aggregate

Answer 21

fleshy fruit from compound pistils, but one unit, drupelet

raspberry, blackberry, thimbleberry

Question 22

Drupe

Answer 22

One seeded fruit with hard inner wall and soft outer wall

Peach, apricot, plum, olives, cherries

Question 23

Compound fruit types

Answer 23

pomes and aggregates

Question 24

Simple fruit types

Answer 24

Berries and drupes

Question 25

Indehiscent

Answer 25

not opening along pre-determined seam

Question 26

Achene

Answer 26

seeded winged fruit, sometimes hair like appendages

strawberry, dandelion

Question 27

samaras

Answer 27

one-seeded winged fruits

maples

Question 28

nuts

Answer 28

one seeded with woody or leathery wall partially or wholly surround by husks

Question 29

Dehiscent

Answer 29

opens on a predetermined seam

Question 30

legumes

Answer 30

split on two sutures

lupine, green beans

Question 31

follicles

Answer 31

split on one suture

magnolia, ninebark

Question 32

Capsules

Answer 32

Split on 2 sides

Question 33

Hesperidium

Answer 33

Citruses