Plants and Animals
When the bee visits a plant what sticks to its legs
Pollen
How can the wind be a pollinator
The wind carries the seed to another area
Name four pollinators
Teacher's choice
Two characteristics that attract animals to flowers.
What are bright colors and a strong smell.
What are two things plants need to live
water and light
Color, smell, and shape help flowers ________________ birds and bees
Attract
How do insect pollinate
Pollen sticks to them and they take it to another plant
What does an animal need to do for pollination to hapen
Visit another plants
The natural force that picks up pollen from one plant and blows it onto another.
What is wind?
How do leaves help a plant
It takes in the sun
The yellow sticky powder that the stamen produces.
What is pollen?
In your experiment yesterday how do animals transfer seeds?
It sticks to their fur
Two characteristics of plants that are pollinated by the wind.
What are dully colored, unscented, small or no petals.
What food do bees help produce
Teachers choice
Hummingbirds use their beaks to sip ______________ as food
nectar
What animals are not good for helping to move seeds
reptiles
Name three ways that animals move seeds
Eating and then pooing, stick to fur, gathering and hiding
How do squirrels help pollination
They hid nuts and the seeds from nuts grow into plants
Plants depend on animals for ______________________
Pollination
What two animal groups are good for transferring seeds
Mammals and birds
How do humans pollinate
Teachers choice
This is why pollination is very important.
What is it leads to the creation of new seeds, which grow into new plants.