Plant and Animal Dependence

Which image shows a plant depending on an insect or animal?

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This picture shows a squirrel dispersing what?

• Pollen

• Seeds

What happens after a flower is pollinated?

• it can make a seed

• it dies

• it makes honey

Other animals besides bees can pollinate flowers.  These animals include:

• dogs, cats, birds, and bunnies
• bats, hummingbirds, butterflies, and flies
• horses, cows, pugs, and sheep
• elephants, giraffes, lions, and tigers

Animals disperse seeds by _________.

• eating seeds and dropping waste later on
• hiding seeds for late and not coming back for them
• catching seeds on their fur and carrying them to different places
• all of the above

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What does disperse mean?

• To live

• To make seeds

• To spread around

What would happen if apple trees were unable to attract pollinators?

• Nothing would change.

• The pollen wouldn't be dispersed and the tree wouldn't be able to make seeds.

• Animals would die

• It would become an oragne tree.

Animals like birds and bats help move pollen around. How does this help plants?

• Plants are able to make new seeds.

• Plants are able to grow taller.

• It doesn't help them.

• Animals can feed their babies.

How do you think these seeds will get dispersed?

• It will stay in the same place.

• A bee will land on it and take it to a new flower.

• An animal will move it with it's mouth.

• They will stick to an animal and fall off in a new location.

Which pictures show seeds being dispersed? Choose all that apply.

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