Question

35. Fruits that lack nutritious flesh may be structured to ride air currents a. to help dry the seed b. to protect the seed d. to disperse seeds c. to keep the seed close to the parent plant e. to avoid animals 36. Fruits with nutritious flesh increase the chance animals that eat the fruit will survive and pass on their tendency to eat fruit. a. true b. false 37. Fruit eating animals have no effect on seed dispersal. a. true b. false

Answer 1

Ans 35. Fruits that lack nutritious flesh may be structured to ride Air currents because

Option d. to disperse seeds.

Air currents helps in the dispersion of seeds, and fruits that contain seeds, need to spread seeds. As we know, seed contains the future embryo. On germination of seed, new plant grows. More seed dispersal helps in existence of that species of plant and such plant species will never become endangered .

Ans 36. True

Fruits with nutritious flesh increase the chance animals that eat the fruit will survive and pass on their tendency to eat fruit. This statement is correct in a way that animals eating nutritious fleshy fruit will have the tendency to pass this habit of eating this fruit as it contains nutrition which is necessary for them and helps their chances of survival. Not only this, this phenomena promotes the survival of such plants.

Ans 37. False

This statement is wrong, as animals which eat fruits have effect on the seed dispersal. As animals each fruit that generally contains seed, they eat fleshy part of fruit and throw the seed on the ground just like that. Seeds on founding favourable conditions for their growth will grow into a new plant. In this way, animals help in seed dispersal.