What explains why a single ripe fruit may ripen an entire crate of unripe fruit

The hormone ethylene is a gas and disperses easily.

This is what i found on google“ the monomers combine with each other via covalent bonds to form larger molecules known as polymers. in doing so, monomers release water molecules as byproducts. this type of reaction is known as dehydration synthesis, which means “to put together while losing water. in the process, a water molecule is formed.” i hope this you

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