Fruits & Vegetables Vocabulary Quiz

Natural form of sugar found in fruit

Flourish and ripen in the summer months

Grow in tropical conditions and can be harmed in frost conditions

Organs developed from the ovary of a flowering plant

Flourish in the winter and ripen in winter conditions

Commonly mistaken for vegetables but have internal seeds

Enzyme in the seeds and flesh of peppers which are hot on the palate

Effect when oxygen reacts with the flesh of certain fruits

Edible, herblike plant

Vegetable group which contains all variations of onions

Product of a climbing or vine plant

Flower portion is consumed

Element in onions which reacts with oxygen and causes the eyes to water

Have a very thin skin and can be consumed raw or cooked

Green and leafy; can be consumed raw or cooked

Stalk is the primary portion consumed

Grown below the surface of the ground; roots are located by a stalk above ground

Have a very thick skin and must be cooked to consume

Part of the potato where the roots grow into the potato

Bean category within pod and seed vegetables

Chemical naturally produced by chlorophyll as a defense mechanism against insects, disease, and predators

Interior portion and seeds are consumed