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Fruit also makes up a flowering plant. It carries the seeds . The purpose of fruit is to protect a plant’s seeds and help them get spread about. Wind and water spread seeds .So do animals when they eat fruit and drop the seeds .
There are two main types of fruit: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits are soft and juicy , the way we usually think of fruits . Peaches ,plums ,and apples are all fleshy fruits . Dry fruits are thin and hard . Grains like wheat and rice , or nuts are dry fruits.
You’ve eaten seedless oranges and grapes . How can they be fruits? It’s because people have changed the way they grow fruit. They can now grow seedless fruit . Seedless fruit comes from special plants called hybrids(杂交生物体) . A hybrid is made by combining two varieties of a fruit to form a new variety . This hybrid grows and produces seed
s . But the plants grown from these seeds are seedless . These plants cannot reproduce themselves.
A tomato is a vegetable , right? No , it’s actually a fruit . Other food we think of as vegetables—such as squash , peppers ,and eggplant—also are fruit . They’re fruit because they carry seeds and develop from flowers . Here’s another surprise . Scientists classify the tomato as a berry(浆果) . In addition , th
ey don’t consider some fruits we call berries to be true berries because a berry is normally a type of fruit with a lot of seeds inside it . Technically ,
a strawberry , isn’t a berry , because it has its seeds on the outside . The red part is just the tip of the strawberry stem that’s enlarged.
Fruits are a source of nourishing(滋养) substances that keep us alive and healthy . For example , they contain many vitamins , especially vitamins A and C, and many minerals . They also provide fibre for a healthy digestive system and carbohydrates that the body needs to make energy.
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Basic knowledge
| Being小题2: of a flowering plant and carrying seeds.
Protecting a plant’s seeds and helping spread them about.
Mainly小题3: on wind , water and animals to spread.
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Fleshy fruit :Juicy and小题4: , like peaches , plums ,apples ,etc .
Dry fruit : Thin and hard , like wheat ,rice , nuts ,etc .
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seeds
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Some surprises
| Tomato , squash ,peppers and eggplant are fruits because they carry seeds and develop from 小题7: .
Some fruits like strawberry aren’t technically berries because they have seeds on the 小题8: .
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Being 小题9:
to humans
| Keeping people alive and小题10: .
Providing vitamins , fiber and carbohydrates.
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