STRUCTURES OF FLOWERS:

STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION

SEPALS Protects Unopened lower

PETALS Brightly Coloured in Insect - Pollinated Flowers to Attract Insects

STAMENS Male Part of the Flower, Consisting of Filament and Anther

FILAMENT Positions Anther to Release Male Sex Cell (Pollen Grain)

ANTHERS Produces and Releases the Male Sex Cell (Pollen Grain)

PISTILS Female Part of the Flower, Consisting of Ovule, Ovary and Stigma

STIGMA Top of the Female Part of the Flower which Collects Pollen Grains

OVARY Produced the Female Sex Cell (Ovum)

NECTARY Produces a Sugary Solution Called Nectar in Insect - Pollinated Flowers to Attract Insects

INSECT POLLINATED FLOWER: Flower that Requires Pollen to be Distributed by Inse

ADAPTATIONS
FEATURE EXPLANATION

PETALS Large and Brightly - Coloured to Attract Insects

SCENT AND NECTAR Scented Nectar to Attract Insects

NUMBER OF POLLEN Moderate - Insects Transfer Pollen Grains Efficiently (High Chances of
GRAINS Pollination)

POLLEN GRAINS Sticky and Spiky to Hang onto Insects

ANTHERS Inside Flower, Stiff and Firmly Attached to Brush Against Insects

STIGMA Inside Flower, Sticky so Pollen Grains Stick to it When an Insect Brushes Past

WIND POLLINATED FLOWER: Flowers that Require Pollen to be Distributed

FEATURE EXPLANATION

PETALS Small and Dull (Green or Brown) as they Do Not Need to Attract Insects

SCENT AND NECTAR No Scented Nectar as they Do Not Need to Attract Insects

NUMBER OF POLLEN Large Amounts - Most Pollen Grains are Not Transferred to Another Flower
GRAINS (Increase Chances of Pollination)

POLLEN GRAINS Smooth and Light so can Easily be Carried by Wind

ANTHERS Outside Flower, Loose on Long Filaments to Release Pollen Grains Easily

STIGMA Outside Flower, Feathery to Catch Drifting Pollen Grains

 SEED AND FRUIT FORMATION

Diagram showing How a Seed and Fruit is Formed

EXPLANATION:
 Pollen Grain will Land on Stigma
 Pollen Tube Grows Out of the Pollen Grain and Down the Style into the Ovary into the Ovule
 The Male Nucleus Travels Down this Tube from the Pollen Grain and Fuses with the Female
Egg Nucleus in the Ovule to Form a Zygote, Zygote will Undergo Mitosis to Develop to Form a
Seed
 Ovule will become the Seed, Ovule Wall will Become the Seed Coat
 Ovary will become the Fruit