Plant reproduction

The organ which protects the unopened flower is the…

• leaf

• sepal

• stem

The brightly coloured organ which attracts insects is the…

• petal

• leaf

• stem

• sepal

The male part of the flower is called the…

• nectary

• stigma

• ovary

• stamen

The organ which produces the pollen grains is the…

• sepal

• anther

• ovary

• stigma

After fertilisation, the female part of the flower turns into…

• petal

• leaf

• stem

• fruit

The female part of the plant is called...

• Pistil

• Stamen

• Stigma

Pollen from one plant is carried to the stigma of another in which TWO of these ways?

Choose TWO answers.

• by the wind

• by honeybees

• by sunshine

• by earthworms

The female part of the flower (the carpel) is made up of which THREE parts?

• Stigma

• Sepal

• Style

• Petal

• Ovary

Here is a list of scientific words which we use to describe a flowering plant life cycle.

Re-arrange them in the correct order, for a plant life cycle, starting with the seed?

seed

flower formation

fertilisation

germination

growth

pollination

seed dispersal

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

• anther to ovary

• anther to stigma

• stigma to ovary

• stigma to filament