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The drug "morphine" comes from which of the following?
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Opium poppy
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Grapes
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Cucumber
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Legumes
Explanation
Fruits are sources of many drugs. For example, morphine is made from the fruit of the opium poppy.
What is the development of fruit without fertilization called?
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Parthenocarpy
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Dissemination
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Post-fertilization
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Ovulation
Explanation
Certain plants of mostly cultivated varieties spontaneously produce fruits in the absence of pollination and fertilization. This is called parthenocarpy.
Fruits function in the protection and dissemination of what?
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Seeds
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Flowers
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Ovules
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Tissues
Explanation
The principal purpose of the fruit is to protect and disseminate the seed to prevent the seed from drying until it's mature.
An example of fleshy fruits is?
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Tomatoes
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Nuts
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Cereal grains
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Cherry
Explanation
There are broadly two categories of fruits, which are fleshy fruits and dry fruits. An example of fleshy fruits is tomatoes. Fleshy fruits consist of a large amount of soft succulent tissue.
The shelf life of fresh fruits can be extended by one of the following?
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Refrigeration
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Canning
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Fermentation
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Heating
Explanation
The shelf life of fresh fruits can be prolonged by refrigeration or by removing oxygen from their packaging or storage containers.
A fruit which results from several pistils of a single flower is called?
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aggregate fruit
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Mixed fruit
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Dry fruit
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Combined fruits
Explanation
Most fruits develop from a single pistil, but where fruit comes from several pistils of a single flower, it may be referred to as an aggregate fruit
Which one of the following fruits develops without fertilization?
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Bananas
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Cereal grains
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Nuts
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Straw berries
Explanation
Some fruits form without fertilization, and an example is bananas. The process is called Parthenocarpy.
Induced parthenocarpy is done by administering what?
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Plant growth substances
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Seed mixtures
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Plant acid
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Fertilization chemicals
Explanation
Seedless fruits like tomatoes are sometimes artificially obtained by administering plant growth substances to the ovaries in flowers
The two broad categories of fruits are?
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Fleshy and dry fruits
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Fleshy and freshness fruits
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Natural and terrestrial fruits
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Terrestrial and aquatic fruits
Explanation
Broadly, fruits are classified into fleshy fruits and dry fruits. Fleshy fruits include berries, aggregate fruits, and more. Dry fruits include legumes, capsulate fruits, and nuts.
The study of fruits is called?
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Pomology
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Fruit science
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Fruitology
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Pathology
Explanation
Pomology is the study of fruits. The source word in Latin is "pomum" which translates to fruits in English.
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