Pollination & Fertilization

True/False: Pollination can occur within the same flower. 

• True 
• False 

True/False: Pollination can occur between flowers of the same plant. 

• True 
• False 

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Pollination is the process by which the pollen grains are transferred from the ________ to the _________. 

• anther... ovary
• anther ... stigma
• stigma ... ovary 
• stigma ... filament

My pollens are usually sticky and spiky so that they can _______________. 

• stay on the pollinators' body without falling off easily 
• prevent pollinators from eating them

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What does an ovule become when it is pollinated?

• a seed
• a sprout
• a fruit
• it stays an ovule

Pollination is the process by which pollen

• causes people to sneeze
• is formed inside a plant
• moves from stamen to pistil

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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Fertilization is the process by which an 

• egg and pollen combine
• embryo grows into a plant
• animal carries pollen between plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What is the sticky part of the flower that catches pollen?

• style
• stigma
• ovary
• petal

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Which does not belong in the female part (pistil) of the flower?

• style
• stigma
• filament
• ovaries

What is an ovary?

• the female part of the flower that becomes a fruit
• the female part of the flower that accepts the pollen
• the male part of the flower that produces pollen
• another name for the stem of the plant