Moraceae

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/moraceae

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the estimated species count?Approximately 37 genera and over 1,100 species within the Moraceae family
2. What is the Moraceae family and what kinds of plants are in it?The Moraceae family is a group of flowering plants that includes about 1,100 species. It contains familiar plants like figs, mulberries, and breadfruit.
3. How do figs grow their special fruit?Figs grow a unique structure called a syconium, which looks like an urn. Inside, many tiny flowers turn into small drupes that combine into the big fruit we eat.

Pantropical: Found in tropical regions around the entire globe.
Phylogenetic Relationships: The evolutionary history and relationships among different groups of organisms.
Keystone Resource: A resource that is disproportionately important to the survival of many species in an ecosystem.