Fruit Facts
This vitamin, found abundantly in citrus fruits, helps prevent the disease scurvy.
What is Vitamin C.
These red berries are among the first fruits available in spring.
What are strawberries?
Apples and pears belong to this category of fruits.
What are pomes?
Early humans obtained their fruits through this method.
What is foraging?
The ideal storage temperature for most ripe fruits.
What is 40°-41°F?
These compounds in fruits help keep our bodies healthy and fight disease.
What are antioxidants?
This refreshing summer fruit is covered by a hard green rind and a dark pink flesh with black seeds.
What is watermelon?
Cherries and peaches are examples of this type of fruit with one seed.
What are drupes?
This major change occurred about 10,000 years ago in how humans got food.
What is domestication (or farming)?
Do this to make fruit ripen faster at room temperature.
What is placing it in a brown paper bag?
This is the scientific definition of a fruit.
What is the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or plant that contains seeds?
This fall fruit is commonly associated with "keeping the doctor away".
What is an apple?
Despite its name, this yellow fruit is technically a botanical berry.
What is a banana?
Modern humans can get fruits year-round thanks to these two developments.
What are farming technology and transportation?
These three market forms of fruit besides fresh.
What are canned, frozen, and dried?
Plants evolved to produce delicious fruits for this specific purpose.
What is seed dispersal? (or to help the plant survive by spreading seeds)
These citrus fruits are at their peak during winter months. (Name two.)
What are oranges, grapefruits, or tangerines?
This category of fruits includes raspberries and blackberries.
What are aggregate fruits?
This process has changed fruits over time to meet human needs.
What is natural selection? (or genetic modification)
This should be used when washing fruits with tough rinds.
What is a brush?
According to the USDA, these four factors determine fruit quality grades.
What are size, color, shape, and texture?
This spring fruit pair is often used together in pies and desserts.
What are strawberries and rhubarb?
These fruits are characterized by their wagon-wheel shaped cross section.
What are citruses?
Early hunter-gatherers had this advantage over early farming societies regarding fruit.
What is access to a wider variety of fruits and vegetables?
These three steps are involved in basic fruit preparation.
What are cleaning, peeling/seeding/trimming, and cutting?