Pollination
Carrying pollen from stamens to carpels.
A busy flower
A bee visits a bright flower. Yellow dust sticks to its legs.
What is the bee helping the plant do?
What this lesson covers
The idea
A flower's reproductive parts are carpels (female) and stamens (male); the carrying of pollen from stamens to carpels of the same or different flowers by wind, water, insects, bats or birds is pollination, essential for forming fruits and seeds.
A busy flower
A bee visits a bright flower. Yellow dust sticks to its legs.
What is the bee helping the plant do?
- Carry pollen from flower to flower
- Make the flower red
- Grow bigger roots
Follow the pollen
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Pollination
Carpels are the female parts and stamens are the male parts. Pollination is needed so that fruits and seeds can form.
Stamens (male) and carpels (female) are the reproductive parts of a flower. Pollination is the carrying of pollen from stamens to carpels by wind, water, insects, bats or birds. It is essential for fruits and seeds.
Notes
Pollination: pollen goes from stamens (male) to carpels (female). It is needed for fruits and seeds.
Check yourself
The male reproductive parts of a flower are the …
The female reproductive parts of a flower are the …
Carrying pollen from stamens to carpels is called …
Which of these can carry pollen?
- stamens — correct. Yes!
- carpels. Carpels are the female parts.
- petals. Petals are the coloured parts, not the reproductive parts.
- stamens. Stamens are the male parts.
- carpels — correct. Yes!
- sepals. Sepals are green leafy structures.
- photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is making food in plants.
- decomposition. Decomposition is breaking down dead matter.
- pollination — correct. Yes!
- Wind, water, insects, bats and birds — correct. Yes!
- Only the soil. Wind, water, insects, bats and birds carry pollen.
- Only the petals. Wind, water, insects, bats and birds carry pollen.