Which term describes a plant that produces naked seeds?

Which term describes a plant that produces naked seeds?

• A. A plant with enclosed seeds inside a fruit
• B. A plant with naked seeds
• C. A plant that reproduces asexually
• D. A plant with seeds produced in cones

Answer: (B)

Naked seeds are seeds not enclosed in a fruit. Plants with naked seeds are gymnosperms, like pines and spruces, where seeds sit on cones rather than inside a fruit. Among the given statements, describing a plant as having naked seeds directly identifies the seed condition of the plant, which is exactly what the question asks for. The other descriptions refer to enclosed seeds inside a fruit (angiosperms), to asexual reproduction (not about seed type), or to seeds produced in cones (a characteristic of gymnosperms but not a label for the plant group as directly as the phrase describing naked seeds).

Naked seeds are seeds not enclosed in a fruit. Plants with naked seeds are gymnosperms, like pines and spruces, where seeds sit on cones rather than inside a fruit. Among the given statements, describing a plant as having naked seeds directly identifies the seed condition of the plant, which is exactly what the question asks for. The other descriptions refer to enclosed seeds inside a fruit (angiosperms), to asexual reproduction (not about seed type), or to seeds produced in cones (a characteristic of gymnosperms but not a label for the plant group as directly as the phrase describing naked seeds).