how does fruit ripen?

Question

Does fruit ripen better in open or closed environments?

this is for a science project

Answer 1

Fruit ripens as enzymes change the starch to sugars. Fruits give off ethylene gas which aids in ripening, so keeping fruit in a brown paper bag aids in ripening. Room temperature is also better.

Answer 2

Fruit ripens faster in closed environments. Fruit emits "ethylene gas". The more the gas comes in contact with the fruit, the faster it ripens. In a closed environment the gas gets trapped in the container. Think of a room filling up with gas or smoke -- whatever is inside the room with it will have a lot of contact with it.

If you want a piece of fruit to ripen faster, just put it in a paper bag and sit it out at room temperature.

Answer 3

that depends on the fruit entirely. Some fruits give off a gas that can ripen other fruits fast. Same for vegs such as potatoes and onions. They like air, but dark storage.

Answer 4

that's not in basic terms bananas. attempt it with an apple too. or a pineapple. or peaches. or mangoes. or any fruit that ripens. in case you have an unripe fruit and placed it in a paper bag with a ripe fruit, regardless of what style of fruit this is, then the unripe fruit will ripen speedier. The gas that does that's observed as ETHANOL, to your information. :-)

Answer 5

it ripens best on the tree... what you want is for the rotting process to start.

nevertheless put it in a brown paper sack and it will ripen faster.

Answer 6

fruit ripens when it reaches maturity and then it starts going the other way [rotting]

Answer 7

there are hormones in plants namely auxins,cytokinins,giberellins,abscisic acid,ethylene(gaseous hormone.out of these the hormone ethylene helps in fruit ripening.it is most active in closed environments because since it is a gas when isolated from surroundings the molecules of the hormone are in contact with the fruit .if you have seen the movie SPIDERMAN in the experiment of norman osborn,you see a gas filling in a chamber .it is similar to the case of the fruit.