S. The photo shows a flower of the pomegranate some time after fertilization. Id

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S. The photo shows a flower of the pomegranate some time after fertilization. Identify the parts shown. d. (2x) 9. Some biologists contend that the term double fertilization is a misnomer and that the process should be called fertilization and triple frsion. Why do they argue that the fusion of the one sperm nucleus and the two polar nuclei is mot fertilization? Food for Thought 10. Your roommate says that you need vegetables and asks you to pick up tomatoes at the store. To your room- mate's surprise, you say a tomato is not a vegetable, but a fruit. Explain. Seed Plants I: Angiosperns 333

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8. POMEGRANATE

A PERSISTENT CALYX

B STAMEN CLUSTER

C ARILS OR SEEDS

D OVARY (FRUIT)

10. YES, Tomato is fruit. It is a vegetable fruit. It is the berry type of fruit. It develops from the ovary of the plant after fertilisation. Its flesh is known as edible pericarp.

6. Pollination is transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma.

ferilisation is fusion of male and gametes.

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