Animals Can Help Plants Reproduce Mastery

Which of these is an example of pollination?

• An animal eats fruit

• A person plants flowers

• Acorns fall from an oak tree

• A bee flies from flower to flower

Sam sees this in the park.

What is this an example of?

• pollination

• seed dispersal

• how animals find food

• how plants help animals

The ________________________ can move from one pant to another.

• pollen

• seeds

The pollen can move from one plant to another to make ___________________.

• pollen

• seeds

Look at the seeds.

How are the seeds dispersed?

• Both attach to an animal's fur

• Both are carried to new places by animals that want to eat them

• Seed 1 is carried to a new place by animals that want to eat it. Seed 2 attaches to the fur of the animal that moves it to a new place.

• Seed 2 is carried to a new place by animals that want to

  eat it. Seed 1 attaches to the fur of the animal that moves it to a new place.

I have hooks to cling to animal fur. What is likely my dispersal method?

• wind
• water 
• animals
• explosive action

What does disperse mean?

• sprout

• grow

• to scatter in different directions

• blown by sind

What is an example of wind dispersal?

• coconuts
• pecans
• dandelions
• grass seed

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is an example of water dispersal?

• grass seed
• pine cones
• coconuts
• dandelions

What is an example of dispersal by animals?

• Eating the fruit and seeds in a watermelon.
• dandelion
• coconut
• water washing a seed away from the grass