BOTANY

BOTANY

PLANT ECOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What purpose do brightly colored flowers serve?
A
wind pollination
B
insect pollination
C
spore production
D
nutrition for the developing rose.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract insects for pollination.

Detailed explanation-2: -Flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract insects for pollination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brightly colored flowers attract bees and insects that act as pollinators. When insects land on the flower to drink nectar or honey, pollen sticks to their legs and gets carried to the insect’s next plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Corolla consists of petals which are the coloured part of the flower and attract the insects for pollination.

Detailed explanation-5: -Insect-pollinated flowers usually have brightly coloured flowers. In this process pollen is transferred from one flower to another by insects.

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