Types of fruit
Terms to know
Eating Healthy
About fruit
Fruit Salad
100
A characteristic of this type of fruit is that once peeled it is sectioned.
What is Citrus Fruit
100
When the fruit is ready to eat and it is sweet.
What is ripe?
100
Based on a 2000 calorie diet you should consume this much from the fruit group each day.
What is 2 cups?
100
Name a fruit that gets its color from chlorophyll.
Any green fruit such as kiwi and limes.
100
Do peaches and pears stop ripening or continue to ripen after they are picked?
They continue to ripen.
200
A Characteristic of this fruit is that it has a large pit in the center and it grows on trees.
What is a drupe.
200
When fruits are not ready to eat and they taste bitter.
What is unripe.
200
This kind of fruit has the least amount of sugar? Canned Dried Fresh Frozen
What is Fresh?
200
Name one fruit that gets its color from flavonoids.
Any dark red or blue fruit such as berries.
200
Which fruit is higher in fiber? Pear or Orange
Pear
300
Characteristics of this type of fruit has a center core with seeds and grows on a tree.
What is a Pome?
300
When fruits have reached their full size.
What is mature?
300
Name one nutrient that fruit provides?
300
*************DAILY DOUBLE************* This is the worst type of apple to use for baking.
What is red delicious?
300
What time of year are Apples in Peak Season?
Fall
400
An apple is an example of this fruit category.
What is a pome?
400
Several pieces of fruit held together with a tie or band.
What is unitized?
400
Name one nutrient that fruit provides.
400
This is the best apple to use in a salad.
What is green apple or Granny Smith apple?
400
What time of year are Strawberries in Peak Season?
Spring
500
A cherry is an example of this fruit category.
What is a drupe?
500
When chlorophyll returns to the skin of a fruit.
What is regreening?
500
What is the purpose of getting potassium in your diet?
Helps your heart by allowing the muscle to expand and contract.
500
This berry is the highest in Vitamin C.
What is Strawberry?
500
How can you slow down the ripening process of a pear?
Put it in the refrigerator.