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Ch. 38 - Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology

Chapter 38, Problem 1

A fruit is a. a mature ovary. b. a mature ovule. c. a seed plus its integuments. d. an enlarged embryo sac.

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Hi everyone. Our next question says a mature ovary is Speaking of plants here um And our choices are a fruit, a seed, an embryo sac or a flower. So what we call the ovary in a plant contains multiple vehicles, Technical term for the eggs, which if fertilized become seeds. So with that in mind, let's go over to our choices. We have choice A. A fruit. Well the fruit is the mature ovary, so we've hit on the right answer right away twice A. Let's just walk through. The other choices very quickly. B. Is a seed. What we saw here that the seeds are the fertilized eggs, that's not the same as the mature ovary. So we're gonna eliminate that choice C. Says an embryo sac. The embryo sac is the female comedian fight that contains big oops that contains the egg. So that is not what we're talking about here, that's not a mature ovary. So we're going to eliminate that. And finally D. A flower. The flower is obviously the larger part there a flower has an ovary, but that's not the same thing as a mature ovary. The flower has other parts as well. So choice D. Is not correct. Our correct answer is a fruit. See you in the next video