2006-11-11 20:42:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Because if they grew on bushes they wouldn't have fallen off and hit Isaac Newton on the head, and we wouldn't have gravity so we'd all drift off into outer space.
2006-11-12 02:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is just the way the plant has evolved. Apple trees have a lot of fruit so it makes sense to have the woody support of a tree rather than a vine or lightweight bush. The fruit is soft so it wouldn't survive if it developed underground like a potato.
2006-11-12 07:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Expecting somebody like Newton will come under the tree.
2006-11-12 20:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because this was the evolutionary path of the genus Malus.
2006-11-12 10:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
becasue the seed can only be grown being hanged...but when itso n the ground
2006-11-12 04:50:31 · answer #5 · answered by sonnguyen4151 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are seed pods so apples may reproduce
2006-11-12 04:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by mohamed jihad dirka dirka 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not sure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple
2006-11-12 04:50:27 · answer #7 · answered by nice guy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋