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Fruits and Seeds (a)
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15 Questions

1. What develops into seeds once the ovules of a plant have been fertilized?

A Ovary B Fruit

C Seed coat D Embryo

2. What is the purpose of the fruit in the process of seed development?

A To protect the seeds B To provide nutrients to the seeds

C To disperse the seeds D All of the above

3. Which part of a cherry do we eat?

A Swollen ovary B Seed coat

C Plumule D Radicle

4. What is the seed in an orange contained within?

A Fleshly segments B Leathery ovary wall

C Seed coat D Embryo

5. What type of seeds are grasses and maize?

A Monocotyledons B Dicotyledons

C Testa D Tegmen

6. What does a typical seed contain?

Embryo plant, seed coat, and Cotyledon, plumule, and radicle

A B
endosperm

C Testa and tegmen D Micropyle and hilum

7. What is the function of the cotyledon in a seed?

A To store food for the embryo plant B To protect the seed from infection

To allow air and water flow into the To attach the seed to the seed stalk
C D
embryo
 8. What is the outer covering of a seed called?

A Testa B Tegmen

C Hilum D Micropyle

9. What is the purpose of the hilum on a seed?

To attach the seed to the seed stalk To allow air and water flow into the
A B
embryo

C To protect the seed from infection D To store food for the embryo plant

10. What is the function of the micropyle on a seed?

To allow air and water flow into the To attach the seed to the seed stalk
A B
embryo

C To protect the seed from infection D To store food for the embryo plant

11. What is the purpose of the seed coat?

A To protect the seed from infection B To store food for the embryo plant

To allow air and water flow into the To attach the seed to the seed stalk
C D
embryo

12. What is the scar called that is present on the lower part of a seed?

A Hilum B Micropyle

C Testa D Tegmen

13. What is the purpose of the testa layer of a seed?

To protect the seed from infection To allow air and water flow into the
A B
embryo

C To store food for the embryo plant D To attach the seed to the seed stalk

14. What is the purpose of the tegmen layer of a seed?

To protect the seed from infection To allow air and water flow into the
A B
embryo

C To store food for the embryo plant D To attach the seed to the seed stalk

15. What do seeds with two cotyledons, such as pears and beans, called?

A Monocotyledons B Dicotyledons

C Testa D Tegmen
Answer Key

1. b 2. a 3. a 4. a

5. a 6. a 7. a 8. a

9. a 10. a 11. a 12. a

13. a 14. b 15. b