CSES 1020 - Exam 3 Revie Complete Questions and Correct
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What is the definition of a fruit?
Ans: seed-bearing structure in flowering plants formed from the ovary after
flowering
What is a pome fruit? Examples
Ans: most of the fruit is formed from the receptacle (under the flower); ex. pear,
apple
What is a drupe? 3 examples
Ans: fleshy fruit and a single seed with a hard endocarp; ex. peaches, plums, and
cherries
What is a berry? What makes a berry different from a drupe?
Ans: simple fleshy fruit with many seeds
How do we make seedless watermelon?
Ans: colchicine interferes with normal cell division
Where do seedless grapes come from?
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Ans: found by accident, then reproduced by cutting or grafting
What is an aggregate fruit? 2 examples
Ans: fruit that develops from a single flower, but the flower has more than one
ovary, and the ovaries join together as the fruit grows; multiple seeds; ex. raspberries
and blackberries
Are nuts a drupe? What is the definition of a nut?
Ans: yes, they are the inside seed that we eat; hard-shelled pod that contain botht
he fruit and the seed of the plant; ex. hazelnuts and acorns
What is an accessory fruit?
Ans: develops from tissue other than the ovary
What is a multiple fruit?
Ans: fruiting bodies formed from a cluster of fruiting flowers, the inflorescence. Each
flower produces a fruit, but matures in to a single mass in which each flower has
produced a true fruit.
Why do humans use so many spices?
Ans: to enhance or preserve food
Where are most of the spices we talked about native to?
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