Fertilzation in Plants

Pollination is the transfer of Pollen from the Anthers

• Stigma

• Stlye

• Female gamete

• Pollen

Some of the most common pollinators are

(choose all the correct answers)

• insects

  like bees, butterflies and moths

• wind

• Snakes

• machines

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The diagram shows a wind-pollinated flower. Which of the following characteristics must this flower have?

(Select all correct answers.)

• Flower is scented.

• Petals are dull in colour.

• Anthers hang out of the flower.

• Stigma is large and feathery.

Which of the following shows the female reproductive parts of a flower?

• anther, filament, ovary, ovule

• stigma, filament, ovary, ovule

• stigma, style, ovary, ovule

• anther, filament, ovary, ovule

Seedless plants reproduce by

• spores
• seeds
• binary fission
• mitosis

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The male reproductive cells are found in the pollen _______________.

• tubes

• grains

Jamie wanted to grow tomato plants. He placed five seeds in the soil and watered them. A few days later he noticed that the seeds were beginning to break open, and a plant was emerging. What process did Jamie most likely observe?

• pollination

• fertilization

• germination

• condensation

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The brightly colored petals of flowering plants attract insects such as bees> The bees help pollinate the plant by picking up pollen? Which part of the plant does the bee pick up pollen?

• stamen

• pistil

• petal

• sepal

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What is one role of a plant's stamen and pistil?

• supporting the flower

• producing more plants

• making food for the plant

• transporting water and nutrients

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What is the main function, or job of the flower?

• to make seeds for new plants (reproduction)

• to help in the process of photosynthesis

• to make chlorophyll

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