What is a Peanut?
Chapter 20: Origin and Diversity of Plants

Flowering plants produce seeds—reproductive structures that consist of a plant embryo and its stored food—to ensure the continuation of the species. The peanut represents the reproductive package of a peanut plant. You can observe the various parts of a peanut when you…

Try This

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1. Obtain a peanut in its shell.
2. Carefully break open the shell and remove the contents. Select one of the peanuts and remove its papery covering. Gently separate the two halves of the peanut.
3. Observe the two halves of the peanut. Sketch and label what you see.

Analyze Your Results

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1. What part of the original plant is the peanut in its shell?
2. What part of the plant is the individual peanut inside its shell?
3. What are the names of the two halves of the individual peanut?
4. What major group of angiosperms is represented by the peanut?

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