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Pollination & Seed Dispersal

Science · Organisms & Life Processes · ages 7-8
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  1. What happens right after pollination?

    • Seed dispersal
    • Fertilisation
    • The flower wilts and nothing happens

  2. What is pollination?

    • Pollen moving from flower to flower
    • A seed growing into a plant
    • Water moving through roots

  3. Wind can carry pollen from one flower to another.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A burr sticks to a dog's fur and falls off far from where it started. Which dispersal method is this?

    • Animal
    • Wind
    • Water

  5. A dandelion seed has fluffy fuzz that catches the breeze. How does this seed travel?

    • By an exploding pod
    • By floating on water
    • By wind

  6. Put the steps in order for how a flower makes a new plant.

    • Seed dispersal, pollination, seed formation, fertilisation
    • Pollination, fertilisation, seed formation, seed dispersal
    • Fertilisation, seed dispersal, pollination, seed formation

  7. Mia says a plant can grow seeds without ever being pollinated first. Is she right?

    • No, pollination has to happen before seeds can form
    • Yes, if the plant just gets enough water
    • Yes, seeds always form on their own

  8. A coconut falls into the ocean and washes up on a faraway beach where it grows. Which dispersal method is this?

    • Explosion
    • Animal
    • Water
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  1. Fertilisation · After pollen arrives, fertilisation happens next. Then a seed can form and later spread.
  2. Pollen moving from flower to flower · Pollination is pollen traveling from one flower to another, often carried by insects or wind.
  3. True · Some flowers rely on wind, not insects, to move their pollen.
  4. Animal · Seeds like burrs hitch a ride on animal fur to reach new places.
  5. By wind · The fluffy fuzz lets wind carry the seed far away from the parent plant.
  6. Pollination, fertilisation, seed formation, seed dispersal · Pollen moves first, then fertilisation happens, then a seed forms and finally spreads.
  7. No, pollination has to happen before seeds can form · Seeds only start forming after fertilisation, and fertilisation needs pollination first.
  8. Water · The coconut floats on water currents until it reaches new land.
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