Flower Parts
This part of the flower helps attract the attention of pollinators and is usually brightly colored or decorated with patterns.
What are petals?
This common, hard working pollinator is attracted to a wide diversity of plants and is known for making honey.
What is a honeybee?
This liquid is needed for all animal life to survive.
What is water?
All plants need pollinators to help them produce seed.
False. Some use wind or water.
Is the number of pollinators in our world increasing or decreasing?
Decreasing
This product of the flower is usually yellow in color and moved from one flower to another to help make seeds.
What is pollen?
This pollinator is attracted to flowers that smell stinky or smell like rotting fruit or meat.
What is a fly?
In a pollinator garden, is it better to plant lots of different kinds of plants or lots of the same type of plant.
what is a negative feedback loop
Apples need pollinators to make fruit and seeds.
True
Why does new construction of roads, houses and businesses impact pollinator populations?
It decreases the size of their habitat
Many flowers produce this sweet liquid that many pollinators like to consume.
What is nectar?
This Pollinator is a fan favorite because of its delicate and beautifully decorated wings.
What is a butterfly?
You should avoid using this kind of chemical on a pollinator garden.
What is a pesticide?
Cucumbers need pollinators.
True
Do pollinators get diseases?
Yes
This part of the flower makes the pollen.
What is the stamen/anther?
These pollinators are attracted to flowers that are white, give off a sweet smell and bloom at nighttime.
What are bats and moths?
What we call plants that grow in their original, natural ecosystem.
What are native plants?
Corn needs pollinators to make fruit and seeds.
False, corn and other cereal crops use the wind.
Can people make decisions and take actions that will help protect pollinators in our environment?
Yes
This part of the flower is sticky on the top to catch pollen and makes seeds at the bottom.
What is the pistil?
These pollinators like flat, wide open flowers that have a lot of pollen
What are beetles?
Pollinator gardens need food sources for these two stages of the insect life cycle.
What is larva and adult
Carrots need pollinators.
True, even though we eat the root and not the fruit.
This term is used to describe changes in environmental conditions that impact things like temperatures and rainfall.
What is Climate Change?