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, hardworking pollinator is attracted to a wide diversity of plants and is known for making honey.
Honeybee or bee
What do we call plants that grow in their original, natural ecosystem?
Native plants
Cucumbers need pollinators.
True
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.
A fly.
Pollinator gardens need food sources for these two stages of the insect life cycle
Lava and adult
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.
Butterfly
You should avoid using this kind of chemical in a pollinator garden.
Pesticides
Corn needs pollinators to make fruit and seeds.
False. Corn plants and most other cereal crop plants and plants in the grass family are pollinated with help from the wind.
Do pollinators get diseases?
Yes, just like people, pollinators can be impacted by a wide variety of diseases
This part of the flower makes the pollen.
Stamen
These pollinators are attracted to flowers that are white, give off a sweet smell and bloom at nighttime.
Bats and moths
In a pollinator garden, is it is better to plant lots of different kinds of plants or lots of the same type of plant?
Lots of different kind of plants (a diversity).
Carrots need pollinators.
True. Although we eat the root of the carrot and not the fruit, if a carrot plant does not make more seeds, then it cannot make new plants and the species will eventually die out.
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.
Pistil
These pollinators like flat, wide-open flowers that have a lot of pollen.
Beetles
This liquid is needed for all animal life to survive.
Water
All plants need pollinators to help them produce seed.
False. Not all plants need pollinators to help them move pollen from one plant to another. Some rely on other helpers like wind and water.
Does organic pest control affect pollinators?
Yes.