Tag: what is a seed?

Orchid seeds are small, light and contain little food reserves. A single seed capsule may contain1,500 to 3,000,000 seeds. Orchid seeds are small, dry, dusty and weighing as little as 0.004 mg.
So, the correct answer is 'small and light'

A berry fruit is fleshy and multiseeded. Berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single flower and containing one ovary. Grapes and bananas are two common examples. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. They may have one or more carpels. The seeds are usually embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary, but there are some non-fleshy exceptions, such as peppers, that have air rather than pulp around their seeds.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

The coconut tree is in the family of palm trees, and palm trees are monocotyledons. Almonds, mango and sunflower are dicots. 

Seeds germinate in the presence of warmth, moisture and air. No light is needed for germination. Seeds generally contain starch as food supply. So, light is not needed for food production also during germination.

If food is stored inside the endosperm then the cotyledons become small and thin. Such seeds are called as endospermic seeds or albuminous seeds. For example, maize, wheat and other cereals, castor bean seeds and coconut seeds.
So, the correct answer is 'Castor'

The pericarp of the maize is fused with the seed coat known caryopsis. The entire kernel is referred to as the seed.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Viviparous plants produce seeds that germinate before they detach from the parent plant. In Rhizophora (mangroves), the seed germinates and develops into the seedling when it still attached to the parent plant
So, the correct answer is 'Rhizophora'