Pollination

What is the term for pollen moving from the stamen to the pistil?

• dormancy

• fertilization

• photosynthesis

• pollination

What is the effect of fertilization?

• Seeds are produces

• Leaves are not eaten

• the plant makes food

• flowers attack the insects

What is one bad thing about self-pollination?

• No fruit is produced

• Plants die more easily

• They cannot make food

• The flowers have no scent.

What is one benefit of cross-pollination?

• roots grow deep

• plant is not eaten

• leaves collect sunlight

• species survives better

Bees have a special structure on their legs. What does it do?

• finds flowers

• stores pollen

• feeds babies

• collects nectar

How do bees help plants?

• they eat nectar

• they carry pollen

• they spread seeds

• they fight predictors

Why do animals visit flowers?

• to get sticky

• to eat seeds

• to stay warm

• to drink nectar

How does pollen get carried to different flowers?

• it sticks to animals

• it travels on raindrops

• it moves through roots

• it is pushed by sunlight

What does NOT pollinate plants?

• animals

• humans

• sunlight

• water

Why might humans pollinate plants?

• to eat the leaves

• to they will grow tall

• to collect nectar

• so they will produce seeds