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1 Life cycles of flowering plants

1.2 Pollination, fruits and seeds

Focus

1 Use the words in the box to complete the sentences about pollination and fruit and

seed formation. You will use some words more than once.

wind insects seeds eggs pollen stigma

anthers nectar ovary fertilisation

a The of flowers make a yellow powder. This is called

.

b Pollination happens when pollen moves from the to the

of a flower of the same type.

c Some plants use to blow the pollen far away.

d visit flowers to feed on . They get
on their bodies at the same time.

e The pollen and the join together. This happens inside the
during . This is how form.

f The becomes the fruit.

Practice

Aliyah’s class investigated a scientific question. These are their results.

Number of insects that
Colour of flower
visited flower
Red 3

Yellow 12

White 10

Blue 6

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