Question

Which of the following is TRUE about fruits

A. they provide nutritious food for the developing seed

B. they consist of endosperm tissue

C. they are produced by all seed plants

D. they represent adaptations for seed dispersal

E. none of the above

Answer 1

Fruits are the structures characteristic of angiosperms which protect the seeds inside it. Fruits also aid in seed dispersal. Botanically fruit is the ripened ovary.

Of the given options, Option D seems appropriate.

Many fruits are undoubtedly nutritious but they donot provide nourishment to developing seeds. Developing seeds have their nourishment within, contained either in endosperm or cotyledons.

Endosperm is present inside the seed but not in the fruit. As already mentioned, fruits represent ripened ovary.

All seed plants donot produce fruits (e.g. Gymnosperms). Only Angiosperms produce seeds.

They represent adaptations for seed dispersal. (The attractive colours and different flavours of fruits are meant for the dispersal of their seeds by different agencies).

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