A ______ is a plant that produces seeds with two halves.

A ______ is a plant that produces seeds with two halves.

• A. Monocot
• B. Dicot
• C. Gymnosperm
• D. Angiosperm

Answer: (B)

Two cotyledons, or seed leaves, in the seed define a dicot. The embryo inside a dicot seed has two seed leaves that appear as two halves, providing nutrients during germination. Monocots have a single cotyledon, so their seeds don’t split into two halves. Gymnosperms produce seeds not enclosed in fruit, and angiosperms are flowering plants with seeds inside fruits; the clue here is specifically about the number of cotyledons, which points to dicots.

Two cotyledons, or seed leaves, in the seed define a dicot. The embryo inside a dicot seed has two seed leaves that appear as two halves, providing nutrients during germination. Monocots have a single cotyledon, so their seeds don’t split into two halves. Gymnosperms produce seeds not enclosed in fruit, and angiosperms are flowering plants with seeds inside fruits; the clue here is specifically about the number of cotyledons, which points to dicots.