Exam 6: Plant Life Cycle: Fruits and Seeds

Which of the following structures is a protective sheath surrounding the epicotyl?

Although widely cultivated in California and Florida today,oranges and other citrus fruits are native to Brazil.

What caused the demise of the American chestnut tree?

Which of the following best describes a dicot seed?

Phototropism is a growth response to gravity.

Gibberellin works by stimulating ______.

Abscisic acid works by stimulating ______.

You discover a dry fruit that does not split open.It has a single seed that is free within the pericarp.You have discovered a(n)

Research by Charles Darwin and his son lead to the discovery of the plant hormone,_______.

All of the following structures are found in monocot seeds except one.Choose the exception.

A winged dry fruit is known as a

The SEEDS project demonstrated that conditions of weightlessness and exposure to cosmic radiation were inhibitory to the germination of tomato seeds.

__________ are fruits from tropical Asia which are known as much for their heavenly taste as for their foul smell.

The largest of the citrus fruits is the

You discover a fleshy fruit that developed from a single flower with multiple carpels.You have discovered a(n)

Cytokinins work by stimulating ______.

To grow bright orange oranges,________ is essential.

The "Apple of Peru" is the

Zuccini squash is a(n)

Auxins work by stimulating ______.