lesson4 Pollination Flashcards
What are the things that attract insects to flowers?
smell, color, patterns
What color is the hummingbird most attracted to?
Red
ame some mammals that polinate plants.
Bats, lemurs, and some rodents
Explain wind pollination.
Pollen is blown off the tree and glides in the wind until it lands on another tree of the same kind nearby
Explain self pollination.
Pollen from a flower’s stamen goes to the carpel on the same flower.
Explain why a flower petal dries up and falls off after it has been pollinated?
Because it has finished its work of attracting pollinators and can then spend its energy manufacturing seeds. Also, other flowers will get an equal chance to be pollinated which means plenty of seeds will be produced.