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Life cycle, pollination and fertilisation

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  • Mention three different pollinators other than bees.
    humming bird - butterfly - beetle - lacewing - bat - wasp - fly - moth
  • What is an imperfect flower?
    A flower with either male OR female parts.
  • What's the fourth stage in the life cycle of a plant?
    Adult plant
  • In which part of the flower are the ovules?
    Ovary
  • What is fertilisation?
    Fertilisation is the process by which the pollen grain fuses with the ovule and a seed is made.
  • Through a process called "self-pollination" a flower can pollinate itself. True or False?
    True
  • What's this?
    Filament
  • Why do insects visit flowers?
    To get nectar
  • What's this?
    Carpel / pistil
  • What's this?
    Stigma
  • What's this?
    Style
  • Which is the male part of the flower?
    Stamen
  • Which part of the flower is sticky to catch pollen?
    Stigma
  • What is the fifth stage in the life cycle of a plant?
    Pollination
  • What's the second stage in the life cycle of a plant?
    Seedling
  • Which is the female part of the flower?
    Carpel / Pistil
  • What's this?
    Stamen
  • What is the sixth stage in the life cycle of a plant?
    Fertilisation
  • What is pollination?
    It's the movement of pollen from one plant to another of the same kind.
  • What's the third stage in the life cycle of a plant?
    Young plant
  • What is the function of the flower?
    To make seeds so that the plant can reproduce.
  • What is a perfect flower?
    A perfect flower is a flower with both male and female parts.
  • What's this?
    Ovary
  • Mention 4 ways in which pollen can travel from one plant to another.
    Birds or insencts / humans / water / wind
  • Mention two types of pollination.
    Self-pollination and cross-pollination
  • What's the first stage in the life cycle of a plant?
    Germination
  • In which part of the flower are pollen grains produced?
    Anther
  • What's this?
    Anther