Tree-mendous Treasures
One mature fruit tree produces enough of this annually to support two human beings.
What is oxygen
Climbing fruit vines place their colorful, ripe fruits high up. This strategic placement ensures the fruit is highly visible to climbing mammals and these other animals, which then disperse the seeds.
What are birds
Many herbeceous fruit plants grow very quickly and can produce fruit in just _______ growing season.
What is one
The _______ inside these fruits can be planted to grow brand-new plants.
What are seeds
The only color in the English language whose primary, standalone color name was created specifically after the fruit was introduced.
What is orange
(before it was only referred to as yellow-red)
Through transpiration, a large fruit tree can release over 100 gallons of this into the air daily, cooling its immediate environment like an air conditioner.
What is water
Vine tendrils exhibit "thigmotropism," meaning they respond to this (one of the five senses). When a tendril brushes against a structure, cells on the opposite side grow faster, causing it to curl and lock onto the support.
What is touch
Some herbeceous plants, like bananas, can grow very tall and be mistaken for this other fruit growing variety.
What are trees
Science groups plants by how they ______ and not by wheter they taste sweet or savory.
What is grow
This melon has the highest natural sugar content of all the common melons, making it the sweetest - despite its reputation for being the boring fruit salad filler.
What is honeydew
Fruit trees share nutrients and warn each other of these through underground fungal networks called mycorrhizae.
What are pests
Fruit vines can be woody, soft-stemmed, evergreen or this prickly plant type.
What is cactus
Herbaceous plants have soft, green ______ instead of hard woody, trunks or branches.
What are stems
Some fruits we call vegetables are actually fruits becasue they grow from __________ and contain seeds.
What are flowers
This red fruit is unique in the fruit world because it is the only common fruit that carries its seeds entirely on its exterior skin rather than hiding them in a protective core.
What is a strawberry
Fruit trees require a specific number of "chill hours" below 45o F in winter to break dormancy and produce these on their branches in the spring.
What are blossoms
Once a vine tendril grips, it coils into this shape. This acts as a shock absorber, allowing the heavy fruit-bearing vine to flex without snapping.
What is a spring
Many bush fruits grow on small, woody plants known as these, which come back year after year.
What are shrubs
The word ________________is not a scientific classification; it is purely a culinary and agricultural term.
What is vegetable
In 1893, this fruit became a topic in the Supreme Court. They ruled that although it was technically a fruit, it would be regarded as a vegetable for purpose of commercial trade and taxation.
What are tomatoes
A fruit tree's root system typically spreads in this direction up to two to three times the width of its canopy.
What is horizontally
Not all climbing plants are true vines. Some plants are known as these (rhyming with vines) and climb by wrapping their entire stem around a support instead of using tendrils or sticky pads.
What are bines
Bush fruits often grow in these groupings, making it easier for animals and people to gather them.
What are clusters
This family of fruits packs minuscule, edible seeds inside making them true berries which includes eggplant, peppers and tomatoes.
A) Rosaceae B) Nightshade C) Cucurbitaceae D) Heath
What is B) Nightshade
The flowers of this spiky fruit plant, nicknamed "Moonflowers" or "Queen of the Night," open up for just a single night and are pollinated by bats and moths. If they are not pollinated before the sun rises, the flowers will die, and no fruit will be produced.
What is Dragon Fruit