BOTANY

Detailed explanation-1: -The primary function of fruit is to: carry, nourish, and protect seeds. Anchoring plants, storing food, and absorbing water are functions of plant: roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the main functions of a fruit is to spread the seeds and allow the plant to reproduce. Therefore, all flowering plants produce fruit, regardless of whether the fruit is edible, sweet, or soft.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fruit is the ripened ovary of a plant containing the seeds. After fertilization, the ovary swells and becomes either fleshy or hard and dry to protect the developing seeds.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yes, the fruit of a plant carries and protects the seed.

Detailed explanation-5: -A fruit protects the immature seeds from animals and extreme climatic conditions. It stores food material. It attracts animals that help in dispersing or scattering the seeds to distant places.