Summary
Plants produce sugars and other compounds to attract animals, which helps spread their seeds.
Because they contain little sodium, fruits taste sweet or sour rather than salty.
Key Points
3 points1
Fruits store natural sugars for energy, leading to a sweet flavor.
2
Sodium, the mineral responsible for saltiness, is present in only small amounts in most fruits.
3
Sweet and sour flavors encourage animals to eat the fruit and disperse seeds.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsnaturally
happening by itself, without help
salty
tasting like salt
plant-based
made from parts of plants
sodium
the mineral that makes salt taste
minerals
tiny natural nutrients from the earth
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