Flowers

Flowers

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What are we learning today?

Flowering plants have many parts that are required for reproduction. These parts, including the stamen, pistil, and ovary, work together to make seeds through the process of fertilization.

Seed

the part of a flowering plant from which a new plant can grow.

Petal

one of the colored outer parts of a flower

pollinate

to carry or transfer pollen from the stamen to the pistil of the same flower or another flower when female cells can be fertilized to produce seeds

pistil

the female part of a flower that is shaped like a stalk; It is the place where the seeds are produced. The pistil includes the ovule, the style, and the stigma of a flower.

stamen

THE PART OF A FLOWER THAT PRODUCES POLLEN; it consists of a thin stalk, called the filament, and a tip, called the anther, that has pollen on it.

fertilize

to begin reproduction in a plant by causing pollen to come into contact with the reproductive part of the plant.

Multiple Choice

Which part of a flower is female?

• petal

• sepal

• pistil

• stamen

Multiple Choice

Which part of a flower is male?

• petal

• sepal

• pistil

• stamen

Multiple Choice

Where are the male and female parts of a flower located?

• inside the pistil

• inside the petals

• inside the sepal

• inside the anther

Multiple Choice

What is pollination?

• when a pollen grain from a flower’s stamen reaches a flower’s sepal

• when a pollen grain from a flower’s anther falls into a flower’s style

• when a pollen grain from a flower’s anther reaches a flower’s stigma

• when a pollen grain from a flower’s pistil reaches a flower’s stamen

Multiple Choice

Why do bees like nectar?

• They eat it and make honey.

• They use it to sting people.

• It makes them fly.

• They use it to make a buzzing sound.

Multiple Choice

What does a pollen grain have to do in order to fertilize an egg?

• travel from the pistil to the stamen

• germinate in the soil around the flower

• fall through the filament to the anther

• fall from the stigma down the style to the ovary

Multiple Choice

What do the pollen grain and the egg become during fertilization?

• They form a sepal.

• They become honey.

• They form a new pistil.

• They become a seed.