--- title: "Pollination & Seed Dispersal" description: "Understand the life cycle of flowering plants including pollination, seed formation, and seed dispersal" canonical: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/pollination-and-seed-dispersal-mt_WNBHZ1d94L source: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/pollination-and-seed-dispersal-mt_WNBHZ1d94L.md retrieved: 2026-11-12 --- > **Agent view.** This is the Markdown twin of the page, for tools and assistants. > When to use this site, and the call that answers each job: https://lightmysky.com/agent-instructions.md > API description (OpenAPI 3.1): https://lightmysky.com/openapi.json · Authentication: https://lightmysky.com/auth.md > Pricing: https://lightmysky.com/pricing.md · Catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms.txt · Full catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms-full.txt > Every machine-readable file on this domain: https://lightmysky.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json > Ask for Markdown with `Accept: text/markdown`, a `.md` address, or `?mode=agent`. # Pollination & Seed Dispersal Understand the life cycle of flowering plants including pollination, seed formation, and seed dispersal Subject: Science · Area: Organisms & Life Processes · Ages 7 to 8 Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/pollination-and-seed-dispersal-mt_WNBHZ1d94L ## Ready when they can - Describe the stages: pollination → fertilisation → seed formation → seed dispersal - Explain at least two methods of seed dispersal (wind, animal, water, explosion) - Describe pollination as pollen moving from an anther to a stigma, within one flower or between flowers, often carried by insects or wind ## Lesson: Pollination & Seed Dispersal You have learned that flowers help plants make seeds. Pollination moves pollen from an anther, which makes pollen, to a stigma, where pollen can land. This can happen within one flower or between flowers. Bees and other insects can carry pollen on their bodies. Wind carries pollen for some flowering plants. *(drawing: These stages can follow this order. Pollen arriving does not guarantee that all the later stages will happen.)* After pollination, a pollen grain can grow a tube towards an ovule inside the flower. An ovule contains an egg cell. A male cell from pollen travels through the tube and joins the egg cell. This joining is fertilisation. The ovule can develop into a seed. The ovary, which holds the ovules, can grow into a fruit around the seeds. Seed dispersal moves seeds away from the parent plant. Fluff or wings catch moving air, helping wind carry light seeds or fruits. Hooks catch on fur, so an animal can carry a fruit or seed. Animals may also eat fruit and pass undigested seeds in their poo. A floating fruit can carry a seed inside it as water moves the fruit. Some dry pods burst and scatter seeds. An animal can help in different ways. A bee moving pollen to a stigma helps pollination. A dog carrying a burr that holds seeds helps seed dispersal. Check what moves: pollen or seeds. Video correction: The Learn Bright video calls honeybees solitary, meaning they live alone. Honeybees live together in colonies. **Recap.** Pollination moves pollen to a stigma. Fertilisation joins a male cell with an egg cell. Seeds can develop and later travel by wind, animals, water or bursting pods. *Lesson, questions and flashcards written for this dataset.* ## Practice 8 questions on this page, each with its working shown. ## Needs first - [Seeds & Plant Growth](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/seeds-and-plant-growth-mt_0B64gfJf7j) - [How Plant Parts Work](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/how-plant-parts-work-mt_6xsEXxKdUX) ## Opens up - [Life Cycles of Organisms](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/life-cycles-of-organisms-mt_4IVWRAZoNC) - [Plant Reproduction](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/plant-reproduction-mt_ck57CDFGet) - [Pollination & Pollinator Decline](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/pollination-and-pollinator-decline-mt_wWpa5fFDZP) - [Plant & animal reproduction](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/plant-and-animal-reproduction-mt_yNWt3GQBNp)