Fruit & Seeds Quiz

A fruit is a ________________ containing the seed or seeds.

• mature ovary

• ovary in flower form

• fertilized ovary

• both A & C

Fleshy fruits are soft and may be consumed by humans or animals as food to disperse the seeds.

• true

• false

An example of a hard fruit is a pumpkin.

• true

• false

Which of these is NOT needed to STORE seeds longer?

• moisture

• cold

• darkness

• dry environment

All these things are needed for seeds to germinate, EXCEPT...

• warmth

• moisture

• light

• air flow/oxygen

Cotyledons are the first, MATURE leaves on a plant.

• true

• false

Monocots have two cotyledons and two seed leaves.

• true

• false

Dicots have ____ cotyledons and the seedlings have ____ seed leave(s).

• one, two

• two, one

• one, one

• two, two

The vascular bundles in monocots are ____, but they are _____ in dicots.

• arranged in a circle, scattered

• scattered, arranged in a circle

The veins on dicot plants are...

• parallel

• netted

• neither