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?
nator is attracted to a wide diversity of plants and is known for making honey.
What is a honeybee? (A bee is another acceptable answer.
This liquid is needed for all animal life to survive.
What is water?
All plants need pollinators to help them produce a seed
False. Not all plants rely on pollinators to move pollen from one plant to another
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 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).
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 in a pollinator garden.
What is a pesticide?
Cucumbers need pollinators
True
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.
What is the stamen?
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 plants and mother other cereal crop plants and plants in the grass family are pollinated with help from 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. 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
This term is used to describe changes in environmental conditions that impact things like temperatures and rainfall
What is climate change?