AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How are flowers pollinated?
A
by wind and water
B
by insects
C
by birds and bats
D
all of these answers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pollen from a flower’s anthers (the male part of the plant) rubs or drops onto a pollinator. The pollinator then take this pollen to another flower, where the pollen sticks to the stigma (the female part). The fertilized flower later yields fruit and seeds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pollination occurs when birds, bees, bats, butterflies, moths, beetles, other animals, water, or the wind carries pollen from flower to flower or it is moved within flowers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma of a flower is called pollination. Pollen grains are transferred mainly by wind, water, insects and animals. They are called pollinating agents.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther of one flower to the stigma of the same or another flower. It is said to be the first process of sexual fertilization in flowering plants. Pollen grains contain the male gamete and are present in the anthers of the flower.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.

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