Fruits

Question 1

Are fleshy fruits generally dehiscent or indehiscent?

Answer 1

indehiscent

Question 2

How are fleshy fruits generally disperssed?

Answer 2

vertebrates

Question 3

Arils

Answer 3

modified seed coats

Question 4

Berry

Answer 4

a fleshy fruit with more than one carpel and seed

Question 5

Drupe

Answer 5

a fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed

Question 6

Capsule

Answer 6

a dry, dehiscent fruit with 2 or more fused carpels that split open to release their seeds

Question 7

Silique

Answer 7

a special type of capsule-like fruit that divides carpels into separate locules and with a transparent membrane (called a false septum)

Question 8

Schizocarp

Answer 8

a dry, dehiscent fruit with more than 2 carpels, but each carpel remains intact

Question 9

Follicle

Answer 9

a dry, dehiscent fruit composed of a single carpel that dehisces on a single side

Question 10

Legume

Answer 10

a single carpel that dehisces on a both sides

Question 11

Pod

Answer 11

a dry, indehiscent fruit with many seeds

Question 12

Samara

Answer 12

a dry, indehiscent winged fruit, with a single seed

Question 13

Nut

Answer 13

a dry, indehiscent fruit, with a single seed (but no wing)

Question 14

Accessory tissue

Answer 14

Tissues that function as part of the fruit, but do not originate from ovary

Question 15

Aggregate

Answer 15

from the same flower

Question 16

Multiple

Answer 16

from different flowers on same inflorescence