Google says that carrots are roughly 87% water, while an apple is only 84%. Even the crunchiest apples are not nearly as hard as carrots. With similar water content what exactly makes one seemingly denser than the other?
In: Biology
The internal structure of the carrot is more fibrous, though. Probably the cell walls of the actual plant. Also, remember the part of carrots that people eat is a root, so it has to displace dirt to grow. Apples grow out in the air, so they don’t have to push outwards on anything(other than air) to form.
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