WorksheetsPollination
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which structure houses a plant's pollen prior to pollination?
How does the pollination of most trees and grasses differ from the pollination of flowers?
Trees and grasses self-pollinate; flowers must get pollen from other flowers
Trees and grasses pollinate in the springtime; flowers pollinate in the fall
Trees and grasses are often pollinated by wind; flowers are often pollinated by insects
Trees and grasses have large, heavy grains of pollen; flowers have small, fine grains of pollen
What information can you gather about a brightly-colored flower?
It can only be pollinated by birds, not insects
It has a greater chance of pollination than a dull-colored flower
Its pollen is probably the same bright color
It is probably pollinated by an insect that is attracted to that color
How does insect pollination help the insect?
The insect uses the fertilized seed as food
The insect uses the plant's nectar as food
The insect uses the plant's pollen as food
The insect uses the plant's leaves and petals as food
Honeybees and flowers are linked in a mutually beneficial relationship. What is a "mutually beneficial relationship?"
A relationship in which one participant benefits but the other does not
A relationship in which neither participant benefits
A relationship in which one participant benefits but the other is harmed
A relationship in which both participants benefit
Place the following events in sequence: A) Pollen is deposited on a pistil; B) Pollen fertilizes an ovule; C) A honeybee collects pollen
B, C, A
A, C, B
C, A, B
B, A, C
What is another name for a fertilized ovule?
A pistil
A stamen
An anther
A seed
How does a honeybee collect pollen
It swallows the pollen
It brushes against the pollen as it collects nectar
It puts the pollen in a special pouch in its abdomen
It rubs the pollen on its wings
What can you conclude about flowers that are pollinated by bats?
They are probably located in caves
They probably contain no pollen
They probably bloom at night
They are probably very brightly colored
Write in what you know about pollination.
