AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is always true about a fruit?
A
It contains a seed.
B
It is edible (meaning that it can be eaten).
C
It is colorful and juicy.
D
All choices are correct.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -True Fruit True fruits are fruits produced only by tissues that come from the ovary of the flower, and encase one or many seeds. The fleshy part of the fruit we eat is actually the ovary wall that has matured and swelled with fructose, which is the type of sugar found in fruit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most fruits have seeds on their insides. However, the strawberry is the only fruit that has seeds on the outside. Some fruits have a shell on their outside, like a watermelon. The shell protects the juicy, sweet fruit inside.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fruit Mango is a juicy stone fruit (drupe) belonging to the flowering plant genus Mangifera. Of the given options, only the mango fruit has one seed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Coconut is a true fruit. True fruit is when the fruit develops from a ripened ovary, it termed as true fruit. whereas the rest of the fruit apple, pear, and cashew nut are not a true fruit because they develop from any part of the flower except the ovary.

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