pollination-quiz

 Sexual reproduction in flowering plants requires male gametes produced in pollen grains in the anther to 1)____ with female gametes found in the ovules.

A pollen grain must 2)________the stigma before its nucleus can 3)_____down towards the female gamete in the ovule.

We're going to look at two 4) _______the different plants have to make pollination happen. We'll look at insect_5)__________ flowers and wind 6)________ flowers.

We'll start with insect pollination flowers that rely on insects have several strategies to attract them. They tend to have brightly coloured 7)_______which are appealing to insects as well as a strong 8)________ that they like.

 

Many flowers also have 9) ________which produce nectar a sugary substance that insects feed on notice that.

While flowering plants gain an opportunity to 10)________, thanks to the insects this sort of relationship where two organisms interact. There are also many species of bat that feed on pollen or nectar, and there are even examples of lizards, and geckos that are 11)_________________.

 

scent  pollinated  fuse petals  nectaries  reach  reproduce  travel  strategies  pollinated pollinators

1) fuse   2) reach, 3) travel 4)Strategies   5)/6) pollinated  7)petals 8)sent 9)nectaries  10)reproduce  11)pollinators