Fruit Formation/ Plant Modification

Question 0

These are the layers of the PERICARP.

Answer 0

Exocarp, Mesocarp and Endocarp

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Exocarp and Endocarp

Question 1

This is the thickened ovary which then covers the fruit.

Answer 1

Pericarp

Question 2

This category of fruit is characterized by fruit that is formed from the SINGLE OVARY of a SINGLE FLOWER.

Answer 2

Simple Fruit

Question 3

This category of fruit is characterized by fruit that is formed from MANY fused OVARIES of a SINGLE FLOWER.

Answer 3

Aggregate Fruit

Question 4

This category of fruit is characterized by fruit formed from MANY fused OVARIES of a CLUSTER OF FLOWERS.

Answer 4

Multiple fruit

Question 5

This is a subcategory of fruit that SPLITS open.

Answer 5

Dehiscent

Question 6

This is the type of DRY DEHISCENT fruit that SPLITS open along ONE SIDE.

Answer 6

Follicle

Question 7

This is a type of DRY DEHISCENT fruit that SPLITS open along TWO SIDES.

Answer 7

Legume

Question 8

This is a type of DRY DEHISCENT fruit that contains TWO OR MORE CHAMBERS and SPLITS open along MORE THAN TWO SIDES.

Answer 8

Capsule

Question 9

This is a subcategory of fruit that DOES NOT SPLIT open

Answer 9

Indehiscent

Question 10

This DRY INDEHISCENT fruit has a very HARD OVARY WALL.

Answer 10

Nut

Question 11

This is an DRY INDEHISCENT fruit with a WING-LIKE OUTGROWTH.

Answer 11

Samara

Question 12

This is a DRY fruit where the seed is COMPLETELY ATTACHED at only ONE PLACE inside ovary wall.

Answer 12

Achene

Question 13

This is a DRY INDEHISCENT fruit where the seed is completely attached the the ovary wall so that the two CANNOT BE SEPARATED.

Answer 13

Grain

Question 14

This is a FLESHY fruit containing only ONE SEED located inside (PIT).

Answer 14

Drupe

Question 15

This is a FLESHY fruit containing SEVERAL SEEDS, has a FIRM LEATHERY RIND and has NO SECTIONS.

Answer 15

Pepo

Question 16

This is a FLESHY fruit with a LEATHERY RIND and MANY SECTIONS and the RIND IS SEPARABLE.

Answer 16

Hesperidium

Question 17

This is a FLESHY fruit that has an EDIBLE PEEL that is NOT LEATHERY and has a CORE.

Answer 17

Pome

Question 18

This fruit is more or less FLESHY throughout and the SEEDS ARE EDIBLE.

Answer 18

Berry

Question 19

This is a STEM MODIFICATION where HORIZONTAL STEMS grow AT or BELOW soil surface. It can act as a STORAGE ORGAN.

Answer 19

Rhizome

Question 20

This is a RHIZOME that becomes ENLARGED for FOOD STORAGE.

Answer 20

Tuber

Question 21

This is a VERTICAL UNDERGROUND SHOOT, consisting of enlarged bases of LEAVES that STORE FOOD.

Answer 21

Bulb

Question 22

This is a STEM that are BULB-LIKE in appearance but are MOSTLY STEM TISSUE.

Answer 22

Corm

Question 23

These are MODIFIED AERIAL STEMS for CLIMBING.

Answer 23

Tendrils

Question 24

These are CREEPING STEMS that GROW HORIZONTALLY ON the SOIL SURFACE

Answer 24

Runners/Stolons

Question 25

These are OUTGROWTHS OF the WOOD of a twig.

Answer 25

Thorns

Question 26

These are sharp EPIDERMAL OUTGROWTHS of the STEM.

Answer 26

Prickles

Question 27

These are FLATTENED STEMS with a LEAF-LIKE shape.

Answer 27

Cladophylls

Question 28

This is a LEAF MODIFICATION which PROTECT the plant from predators and shade the plant.

Answer 28

Spines

Question 29

This LEAF MODIFICATION functions to TRAP INSECTS as a supplemental source of plant nutrition.

Answer 29

Insectivorous

Question 30

This LEAF MODIFICATION functions like FLOWER PEDALS to ATTRACT POLLINATORS.

Answer 30

Bracts

Question 31

This is the MIDDLE FLESHY layer of the fruit wall.

Answer 31

Mesocarp

Question 32

This is the INNER LAYER of a pericarp

Answer 32

Endocarp

Question 33

This is the OUTERMOST LAYER of the fruit wall.

Answer 33

Exocarp