LIFE CYCLE OF PLANTS

How do the bees communicate where flowers are?

• speak
• jump
• collect
• do a wiggle dance

True or false?

A pollinator carries pollen from the stamen to the pistil.

• True

• False

True or False?

Plants can be pollinated by wind and water.

• True

• False

Pollinators are attracted to the bright color of the …………. of the flower.

• petals

• water

• soil

• roots

Pollination is important because it helps in making new …………………… .

• animals

• plants

• pollinators

• insects

Wind-pollinated flowers usually have ______ and ________ petals. 

• big ... bright 
• small .... bright 
• big ... dull 
• small ... dull

The purpose of seed dispersal is for the seeds to __________.

• germinate at the same time

• move to the same place and grow

• move further away from the parent plant

• compete with one another for minerals in the soil

In which part of the flower does fertilization take place? Be specific.

• the stamen

• the pistil

• the ovary

• the petals

The tip of the style that has sticky hairs to trap pollen is the ___.

• stamen
• stigma
• ovary
• style

After a pollen grain has reached the stigma, it travels through the __________ to reach the ovary.

• style

• stalk

• stigma

• stem