Flower Vocabulary
What is the sweet liquid that plants make to attract animals?
What is nectar?
What is the plant part called that we eat that has seeds?
What is fruit?
Holds the flower up.
Stem
Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?
potato
science vegetable
Pollination requires ______________ to pollinate.
Pollinators
Which part of the flower does a bee brush against while getting nectar?
What is pollen dusters?
What is the plant part we eat that does not contain seeds?
What is a vegetable?
Color part of the flower.
Petal
Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?
tomato
science fruit
Sometimes _________ and __________ are pollinators. They are not insects or mammals.
Wind and Water
Name a pollinator that is an insect.
Butterfly, bee, fly, moth, beetle, wasp.
What is any animal that helps pollen get from one flower to another?
What is a pollinator?
Produces food for the plant.
Leaves
Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?
bell pepper
science fruit
___________ is a process of transferring pollen from flower to flower.
Pollination
What is the powder from plants that has to be moved from one flower to another for a plant’s seed pods to grow?
What is pollen?
What has to happen for a plant to form seed pods?
A pollinator has to pollinate the plant.
Contains the seed.
Ovule
Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?
carrot
science vegetable
Pollination takes place when plants are __________ and pollinators are present.
blooming
What is the sticky, center part of a flower where pollen must land for a seed pod to grow?
What is a stigma?
The outer most layer of a flower is called....
Sepal
A slender part of the stamen that supports the anther.
Filament
Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?
celery
science vegetable
Pollination takes place in the ________________
flower
Name a pollinator that flies but is not an insect (mammal).
Birds, hummingbirds, bats
Long feeding or sucking organ like on a butterfly. Uses to reach down in flowers to reach the nectar.
Proboscis
Part of the flower that develops into seeds.
Ovary
Would a scientist consider a cucumber to be a fruit or a vegetable? How do you know?
A cucumber is considered a science fruit because it has seeds.
Pollinators stop to drink the ______ in the plants. They pick up _______ on their bodies. They then ________ it to other flowers. Sometimes _______ and ______ can move pollen to other plants/locations.
nectar
pollen
transfer
wind
rain