WorksheetsBrainPOP Pollination Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 1hrs 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?
a. Trees and grasses self-pollinate; flowers must get pollen from other flowers
b. Trees and grasses pollinate in the springtime; flowers pollinate in the fall
c. Trees and grasses are often pollinated by wind; flowers are often pollinated by insects
d. Trees and grasses have large, heavy grains of pollen; flowers have small, fine grains of pollen
What can you infer about a brightly-colored flower?
It can only be pollinated by birds, not insects
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 benefit the insect?
a. The insect uses the fertilized ovule as food
b. The insect uses the plant's nectar as food
c. The insect uses the plant's pollen as food
d. 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. A relationship in which one participant benefits but the other does not
b. A relationship in which neither participant benefits
c. A relationship in which one participant benefits but the other is harmed
d. 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 honey bee collects pollen
B, C, A
A, C, B
C, A, B
B, A, C
What is another name for a fertilized ovule?
pistil
stamen
anther
How does a honeybee collect pollen?
a. It swallows the pollen
b. It brushes against the pollen as it collects nectar
c. It puts the pollen in a special pouch in its abdomen
d. It rubs the pollen on its wings
What can you infer about flowers that are pollinated by bats?
a. They are probably located in caves
b. They probably contain no pollen
c. They probably bloom at night
d. They are probably very brightly colored
POLLINATION CHALLENGE
Which of the following can act as a pollinator?
Choose more than 1 answer:
grass
wind
hummingbird
water
bat
POLLINATION CHALLENGE
Place in chronological order
honeybee collects pollen from a plant's anther
honeybee transfers pollen to a plant's pistil
pollen grows through the pistil
pollen fertilizes the ovule
ovule develops into a seed
POLLINATION CHALLENGE
Match each part of a flower with its role in flower reproduction.
nectar
attracts pollinators
pistil
collects pollen from a pollinator
stamen
transfers pollen to pollinators
ovule
becomes seed after fertilization
POLLINATION CHALLENGE Bright (a) attract bees toward the (b) at the tips of a plant stamen. The (c) of many large and small (d) allow them to fly from plant to plant as they collect nectar. Plant ovules produce (e) at the end of the reproduction process.
