PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ON FRUITS: QUESTIONS SET ONE.
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ON FRUITS: QUESTIONS SET ONE.
SPECIMENS PROVIDED.
- Cowpea
- Mango
- Tomato
- Orange
- White pepper
- Okro
a) Name the placentation
Answer:
- Cowpea: Marginal Placentation
- Tomato: Axile Placentation
- Orange: Axile Placentation
- Okro: Axile Placentation
b) State the Symmetry of all the Specimens.
Answer:
- Cowpea: bilateral Symmetry
- Mango: bilateral Symmetry
- Tomato: radial Symmetry
- Orange: radial Symmetry
- White pepper: radial Symmetry
- Okro: radial Symmetry
c) Fruit Classification
Answer:
- Cowpea: legume
- Mango: drupe
- Tomato: berry
- Orange: berry
- White pepper: berry
- Okro: berry
(d) Mode of dispersal of all the specimens.
Answer:
- Cowpea: explosive
- Mango: animal
- Tomato: animal
- Orange: animal
- White pepper: animal
- Okro: explosive
(e) Reasons for the mode of dispersal.
Answer:
COWPEA
- Dry pericarp with sutures
MANGO
- Fleshy mesocarp with coloured epicarp
TOMATO
- Fleshy/juicy mesocarp with coloured epicarp
ORANGE
- Coloured epicarp with succulent endocarp
PEPPER
- Coloured epicarp with small seeds enclosed by a hard testa
OKRO
- Dry pericarp with sutures
- Small, numerous seeds for wide dispersal
e) Food nutrients in any five of the fruits.
Answer:
- Cowpea: Protein
- Mango: Vitamin
- Tomato: Vitamin C
- Orange: Vitamin C
- White Pepper: Vitamin C
- Okro: vitamin
