From flower to fruit
The ovule becomes the seed, the ovary the fruit.
After fertilisation
A flower has been fertilised. Some of its parts, such as the petals, may shrivel and fall off, while the ovary grows.
What does the swelling ovary become?
What this lesson covers
The idea
After fertilisation, the zygote divides to form an embryo within the ovule, the ovule develops a tough coat and becomes a seed, and the ovary ripens to form a fruit.
After fertilisation
A flower has been fertilised. Some of its parts, such as the petals, may shrivel and fall off, while the ovary grows.
What does the swelling ovary become?
- A fruit
- A new flower
- A root
Seed and fruit
Press Next step.
Seed inside a fruit
After fertilisation the zygote divides to make an embryo inside the ovule. The ovule gets a tough coat and becomes the seed. The ovary grows and ripens into the fruit. Other flower parts may shrivel and fall off.
After fertilisation, the zygote divides to form an embryo within the ovule, the ovule develops a tough coat and becomes a seed, and the ovary ripens to form a fruit.
Notes
The zygote divides to form an embryo in the ovule; the ovule becomes a seed with a tough coat, and the ovary ripens into a fruit.
Check yourself
What does the ovule become after fertilisation?
What does the ovary become after fertilisation?
What does the zygote form by dividing several times?
- A fruit. The ovary, not the ovule, ripens to form a fruit.
- A flower. The ovule develops a tough coat and is gradually converted into a seed.
- A seed — correct. Yes!
- A fruit — correct. Yes!
- A seed. The ovule becomes the seed.
- A zygote. The zygote is formed by fertilisation inside the ovule. The ovary grows and ripens to form a fruit.
- A callus in an artificial medium. A callus forms in tissue culture, from cells placed in an artificial medium.
- An embryo within the ovule — correct. Yes!
- A pollen tube in the style. The pollen tube grows from the pollen grain. The zygote divides to form an embryo.