biology pollination

Question 1

What are pollinators?

Answer 1

A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains

Question 2

what animals can serve as pollinators?

Answer 2

Birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, small mammals, and most importantly, bees are pollinators.

Question 3

What attracts pollinators to a plant?

Answer 3

Good smells and bright colours

Question 4

how many types of pollination are there?

Answer 4

self-pollination and cross-pollination.

Question 5

What are the steps in pollination?

Answer 5

Step one: After pollen has landed on the stigma, it grows a pollen tube down through the style to the ovary.
Step two: The nucleus of the pollen grain travels down the pollen tube and fertilises the nucleus in the ovule.
Step three: The fertilised ovule develops into a seed.