In the Garden
Pollination Vocabulary
Pollinators' Helpers
Pollinators
Attraction
100

This is the loose material on the ground that plants grow in.

What is soil? (What is dirt? is also acceptable.)

100

This beautiful, petalled plant is what bees and other animals pollinate. 

What is a flower? 

100

This liquid is necessary for plants and animals to survive. 

What is water?

100

This is the most common pollinator, and they are known for working hard and making honey. 

What is a (bumble)bee? 

100

True or False: Bees are attracted to flowers because of their nectar and pollen

True

200

This is what you would plant in the ground in order to grow a flower. 

What is a seed?

200

This is the fine dust that bees and other animals move from flower to flower. 

What is pollen?

200

This form of weather helps plants get water so that they can grow. 

What is a rainstorm? (What is a storm? is also acceptable.)

200

This delicate pollinator has beautifully colored wings. 

What is a butterfly?

200

True or False: Beetles will sometimes eat the flowers

True

300

This healthy food, which is usually green or orange in color, needs pollination. 

What is a vegetable?

300

This is when the bee carries pollen from one flower to another. 

What is pollination? 

300

The light source that helps plants grow so that plants can produce pollen.

What is the sun?

300

This pesky pollinator is attracted to smelly flowers.

What is a fly? 

300

What is the sweet liquid that attracts pollinators to flowers called?

Nectar

400

This fresh, tasty food has to be pollinated in order to produce sweet and sometimes citrusy snacks.  

What is a fruit?

400

This is the colorful part of a flower.

What is a petal?

400

This breezy pollinator helps to pollinate some plants. 

What is the wind?

400

This vampire-like pollinator is attracted to flowers that bloom at night. 

What is a bat?

400

What body structure helps pollinators move pollen from one flower to another?

Hairy bodies

500

This chemical should not be used in a garden because it is harmful to pollinators. 

What is a pesticide? 

500

This is the part of a flower that makes and stores pollen. 

What is the stamen? (What is the anther? is also acceptable.)

500

This liquid clear is a pollinator that aids in the pollination of some plants. 

What is water?

500

These six-legged pollinators are attracted to flowers that are flat and wide-open. 

What is a beetle?

500
Name 4 things that attract beetles to flowers

They eat 1) nectar, 2) pollen, 3) the flower, 4) small insects