Dispersal and Fruit

Mechanically Disperal

D Man drew a tractor for mechanical dispersal of seeds.

Wind Dispersal

D Man drew the sky and clouds with seeds flying through the sky.

Water Disperal

D Man drew the ocean with a counut floating in the water.

Human Disperal

D Man drew a man with a rake planting a seed.

These are all five drawings for Human,Water,Wind,Mechanical, and Animal Disperal.

Fleshy Fruits

Hesperidium ( Orange)

A modified berry.

Its has a leathery skin but not as hard a pepo.

Pepo and Hesperidium are both modified fruits.

We  compared the outer shell of each.

 Fleshy Fruits

Pepo(Watermelon)

It's skin is hard and thick it is called a rind.

                                   

Fleshy Fruits

Berry(Blueberries)

They all have thin skin and the entire fruit is fleshy.

 

We also talked about Dry Fruits :

Grain or caryopsis

Pods or legumes

Capsules

Follicle

Achene

Samaras

Nuts

This was the end of our fruit study which was Lesson 5 in Exploring Creation with Botany.