Biology Questions and Answers

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Biology Questions and Answers


A typical seed is composed of the


embryo, seeds of angiospendosperm and shell. Withierms there are one orn (^)
two cotyledons (seed leaf, one in
monocots, two in dicots).
The endosperm is the tissue within the
seed that has the function othe embryo. f nourishing



  1. How different are the
    endosperm of gymnosperms
    and the endosperm of
    angiosperms?


In gymnosperms thaploid (n), it is called primaryhe endosperm is


endosperm. Inendosperm is triploid angiosp(3n), it is calleerm the (^) d
secondary endosperm.



  1. What are cotyledons?


Cotyledostructures fns, or seed leaves, areormed by the embryo (^) of
angiosperms to absorb nutrients from
the endosperm and to store transfer these nutrients to the embryo.and (^)
(Cotyledons are auxiliary embryonic
structures).
Seeds of monocots have a single
cotyledon. Seeds of dicots have twocotyledons.



  1. What are the main
    functions of fruits?


The main functions oprotection and spreading of seeds.f fruits are the



  1. From which floral
    structure do fruits come?
    Fruits are modified ovaries of the
    flowers.

  2. How are fruits formed?
    The fecundation in the release of hormones that act upangiosperms trigongers
    the ovaries. The ovary wall then
    develops into seeds. a fruit that contains the

  3. Are fruits always the flesh
    part of the “fruits”? Is the
    edible part of the onion a
    fruit?
    In some so-calleis not the flesh part. For d fruits the actual frexample, theuit
    flesh part of the strawberry is not the
    fruit. Thon the surface of the strawberry.e fruits are the small hard dots
    Another example: thcashew is not the fruit. The fruit is thee flesh part of the
    nut.
    The edible part of the onion is the stemof the plant and not the fruit.

  4. Why are there plants
    having single-seeded fruits
    and plants having fruits with
    more than one seed?
    Plants that produce singlfor example, mango and avocade-seeded fruits,o, often


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