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Fruit Formation Flashcards

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1
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What is the definition of a fruit?

A

A fruit is a developed ovary

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2
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What happens as the seed is developing?

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The surrounding ovary becomes the fruit

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3
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What stimulates the process of fruit formation?

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Growth regulators (auxins) produced by the seeds

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What do growth regulators (auxins) produced by the seeds stimulate the process of?

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The process of fruit formation

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5
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What produces growth regulators (auxins)?

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The seeds

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6
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What does the wall of the ovary become?

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The wall of the ovary becomes the wall of the fruit (the pericarp)

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7
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What is the pericarp?

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The wall of the fruit

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8
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What is the wall of the fruit called?

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The pericarp

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9
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What becomes the pericarp?

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The wall of the ovary

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10
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What is the function of the fruit?

2

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To protect the seed (s)

To help in seed dispersal

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11
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What are the three different types of fruit (general)?

A

Succulent/fleshy

Dry

Grains

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12
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Give some examples of succulent or fleshy fruits.

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A

Tomatoes

Grapes

Peaches

Plums

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Give some examples of dry fruits.

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Pea pods

Green beans

Monkey nuts (peanuts in the shell)

Popcorn grains

Grass grains

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14
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Why are grains called fruits?

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Because they have an internal seed and the fruit wall is attached to the seed wall

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15
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Give some examples of grains

2

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Grass

Cereals

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16
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What happens when the fruit forms?

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The rest of the flower parts die and fall away

17
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What does the ovule become after fertilisation?

A

Seed

18
Q

What does the integuments become after fertilisation?

A

Testa (seed coat)

19
Q

What does the nucellus become after fertilisation?

A

Endosperm –> cotyledon (s)

20
Q

What does the egg become after fertilisation?

A

Zygote –> embryo (plumule, radicle, cotyledon (s))

21
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What does the polar nuclei become after fertilisation?

A

Endosperm

22
Q

What does the ovary become after fertilisation?

A

Fruit

23
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What does the ovary wall become after fertilisation?

A

Pericarp (fruit coat or wall)

24
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What becomes the seed after fertilisation?

A

The ovule

25
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What becomes the testa after fertilisation?

A

Integuments

26
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What becomes the endosperm –> cotyledon(s) after fertilisation?

A

Nucellus

27
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What becomes the zygote –> embryo after fertilisation?

A

Egg

28
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What becomes the endosperm after fertilisation?

A

Polar nuclei

29
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What becomes the fruit after fertilisation?

A

Polar nuclei

30
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What becomes the pericarp after fertilisation?

A

The ovary wall

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