4 ounces of uncooked pasta (1 cup dried pasta) equals 2 1/2 cups cooked elbow macaroni, shells, rotini, cavatelli, wheels, penne, or ziti. 4 ounces of uncooked or a 1-inch diameter bunch of dry pasta will equal 2 cups cooked spaghetti, angel hair, vermicelli, or linguine. False.
Plants also have sperm and ova cells, but they produce seeds, and planting the seeds produces more plants.  the function:  The egg is the sole provider of such endosymbiotic organelles, including mitochondria within the cytoplasm.
As a plant organ and container of seed or seeds, the two primary functions of fruits are protection and seed dispersal. 1. Fruits protect the seeds. The fruit serves as a physical barrier between the seed or seeds and the external environment during seed development.The developing fruits (ovary) promote ovule or seed development by preventing dessication and ensuring moist environment for the embryo.owever, the new plant does not actually form from the fruit but from the seed, specifically from the embryo within the seed. This means that although the plant organ used as propagule is the fruit, the method of propagation is still considered as sexual propagation.