Plant Reproduction

Plant Systems: Reproduction

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MATCH (DRAW LINES)

​Prior Knowledge:

1. From your prior knowledge, how would these tulips reproduce?

Flower Pollination Gizmo

Open Gizmos -> Pollination: Flower to Fruit

Multiple Choice

Which is true? (Fertilization of flowers)

• The egg cell is fertilized by the sperm cell in the ovary of the flower.

  
  

• The pollen grain contains the female reproductive cell of the flower.

• Fertilization takes place before pollination.

• Fertilization can only occur after pollen from a different plant has pollinated a flower.

​Introduction to Angiosperms

​Discuss: What is the difference between 'pollination' and 'fertilization' processes?

​Writing: Pollination (Recommended: 12-15 sentences)

Describe the journey of a pollen grain during the process of pollinating another flower.
> Describe characteristics of the pollen grain's home flower. Which part of the flower does the pollen grain originate from?
> Describe how the pollen grain is carried from its home flower to a new flower.
> Describe the pollen's landing on the new flower, and its role in the process of fertilization.
> What happens to the seed after fertilization? How would it end up in the ground and grow into a new plant in a new place?