Question

Complete the following statements.

Please give one example of a simple fruit and one example of a complex fruit. Be sure to indicate which is which. Simple fruit ______________ Complex fruit______________

The root cap has the ability to detect this item as it pushes through the soil. ______________

Please give one example of a modified root structure that modifies its sugar content during its growing season. _______________.

What structure in the plant enables it to continue to grow throughout its entire life cycle? ________________

Answer 1

1. Simple fruit = A fruit that is derived from a single ovary (Syncarpous = Fused carpels) after fertilization.
Ex: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

Complex fruit = A fruit that is derived from multiple ovaries after fertilization = Aggregate fruit
Ex: Strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry

2. The root cap has the ability to detect GRAVITY as it pushes through the soil.
The root exhibits positive geotropism and negative phototropism.

3. Modified root structure that alters its sugar content during its life cycle = Storage roots
Ex: Carrot, radish, turnip, and sweet potato
These plants are biennials.
In these plants, the root accumulates food material during the growing season (first year) and utilize it during the reproduction period.

4. MERISTEMS in the plant enable it to continue to grow throughout its entire life cycle.
Plants exhibit post-embryonic development due to the presence of root and shoot apical meristems. They continuously divide and produce lateral organs throughout plant life.