Seed and Fruit Anatomy MCQs

What is the outer protective layer of a seed called?
- A) Endosperm
- B) Seed coat
- C) Cotyledon
- D) Embryo
Which part of the seed develops into the plant embryo?
- A) Endosperm
- B) Zygote
- C) Seed coat
- D) Cotyledon
What is the primary function of the endosperm in a seed?
- A) Protection
- B) Nutrient storage
- C) Photosynthesis
- D) Seed dispersal
What are the leaf-like structures in seeds that provide nutrition to the embryo called?
- A) Endosperm
- B) Cotyledons
- C) Seed coats
- D) Epicotyls
Which structure of the seed is responsible for the absorption of water during germination?
- A) Seed coat
- B) Cotyledons
- C) Embryo
- D) Endosperm
What type of fruit develops from a single ovary?
- A) Aggregate
- B) Simple
- C) Multiple
- D) Compound
Which part of the fruit develops from the ovary wall after fertilization?
- A) Seed coat
- B) Pericarp
- C) Placenta
- D) Receptacle
What is the name of the fleshy part of a fruit that is often edible?
- A) Seed
- B) Mesocarp
- C) Endocarp
- D) Exocarp
Which type of fruit is formed from many ovaries of one flower?
- A) Simple
- B) Aggregate
- C) Multiple
- D) Drupe
What is the primary function of fruits in plants?
- A) Photosynthesis
- B) Seed dispersal
- C) Water storage
- D) Nutrient absorption
Which type of seed dispersal involves water?
- A) Wind dispersal
- B) Hydrochory
- C) Zoochory
- D) Autochory
What type of fruit is a tomato classified as?
- A) Drupe
- B) Berry
- C) Pome
- D) Aggregate
Which part of a seed is responsible for forming the first leaves during germination?
- A) Hypocotyl
- B) Cotyledon
- C) Radicle
- D) Endosperm
What is the name of the seed structure that anchors the seed to the parent plant?
- A) Seed coat
- B) Hilum
- C) Micropyle
- D) Endosperm
Which type of fruit is formed from the fusion of multiple flowers?
- A) Simple
- B) Multiple
- C) Aggregate
- D) Berry
What is the innermost layer of a fruit that surrounds the seed called?
- A) Mesocarp
- B) Endocarp
- C) Exocarp
- D) Pericarp
Which structure of the seed develops into the root?
- A) Cotyledon
- B) Radicle
- C) Epicotyl
- D) Seed coat
What type of fruit is formed from a single flower with many ovaries?
- A) Simple
- B) Aggregate
- C) Multiple
- D) Pome
Which part of the seed will develop into the shoot of the plant?
- A) Radicle
- B) Epicotyl
- C) Cotyledon
- D) Seed coat
What is the term for fruits that develop without fertilization?
- A) Fertilized
- B) Parthenocarpy
- C) Apomixis
- D) Polyembryony
Which fruit has a hard outer shell and a fleshy interior?
- A) Berry
- B) Drupe
- C) Pome
- D) Aggregate
What is the term for the opening in the seed coat that allows water absorption?
- A) Micropyle
- B) Hilum
- C) Scar
- D) Endosperm
What part of the fruit aids in seed dispersal and is often brightly colored?
- A) Endocarp
- B) Pericarp
- C) Mesocarp
- D) Seed coat
Which fruit type is formed from multiple fused carpels?
- A) Simple
- B) Aggregate
- C) Multiple
- D) Drupe
Which fruit is characterized by having a core?
- A) Berry
- B) Pome
- C) Drupe
- D) Aggregate
What is the primary role of the pericarp?
- A) Nutrient storage
- B) Protection of the seed
- C) Seed germination
- D) Water absorption
What type of seed is commonly produced by conifers?
- A) Naked seed
- B) Enclosed seed
- C) Hard seed
- D) Fleshy seed
What term describes the fleshy outer layer of a drupe?
- A) Mesocarp
- B) Exocarp
- C) Endocarp
- D) Pericarp
Which part of the fruit can aid in seed dispersal through animal feces?
- A) Seed coat
- B) Fleshy pericarp
- C) Endosperm
- D) Hilum
What term refers to the layer of tissue in a seed that provides nourishment to the developing embryo?
- A) Cotyledon
- B) Endosperm
- C) Seed coat
- D) Radicle

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