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    Flowers are the reproductive organs of plants that usually contain both male and female parts. Plants produce pollen, which contains the male gamete nucleus, but unlike animal sperm, pollen cannot move on its own. Therefore, plants have mechanisms for pollen transfer from the anther to the stigma, known as pollination, which typically occurs through insects or wind. Insect-pollinated flowers produce smaller amounts of larger, heavier pollen grains with hooks to stick to insects, while wind-pollinated flowers produce large amounts of small, lightweight, and smooth pollen grains.

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    Flowers are the reproductive organs of plants that usually contain both male and female parts. Plants produce pollen, which contains the male gamete nucleus, but unlike animal sperm, pollen cannot move on its own. Therefore, plants have mechanisms for pollen transfer from the anther to the stigma, known as pollination, which typically occurs through insects or wind. Insect-pollinated flowers produce smaller amounts of larger, heavier pollen grains with hooks to stick to insects, while wind-pollinated flowers produce large amounts of small, lightweight, and smooth pollen grains.

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    Flowers are the reproductive organs of plants that usually contain both male and female parts. Plants produce pollen, which contains the male gamete nucleus, but unlike animal sperm, pollen cannot move on its own. Therefore, plants have mechanisms for pollen transfer from the anther to the stigma, known as pollination, which typically occurs through insects or wind. Insect-pollinated flowers produce smaller amounts of larger, heavier pollen grains with hooks to stick to insects, while wind-pollinated flowers produce large amounts of small, lightweight, and smooth pollen grains.

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    REPRODUCTI
    ON IN
    FLOWERING
    PLANTS
    Parts of the
    flower
    • Flowers & Pollination
    • Flowers are the reproductive organ of the plant
    • They usually contain both male and female
    reproductive parts
    • Plants produce pollen which contains a nucleus inside
    that is the male gamete
    Flowers & • Unlike the male gamete in humans (sperm), pollen
    is not capable of locomotion (moving from one place
    Pollination to another)
    • This means plants have to have mechanisms in place
    to transfer pollen from the anther to the stigma
    • This process is known as pollination and there are two
    main mechanisms by which it occurs: transferred
    by insects (or other animals like birds) or transferred
    by wind
    • The structure of insect and wind-pollinated flowers are
    slightly different as each is adapted for their specific
    function
    Parts of a
    Flower
    Adaptations for pollination
    Features of an wind-pollinated flower
    Pollen grains
    • The pollen produced by insect and wind-pollinated
    flowers is also different:
    • Insect-pollinated flowers produce smaller
    amounts of larger, heavier pollen grains that
    often contain spikes or hooks on the outside
    so they are better able to stick to insects
    • Wind-pollinated flowers produce large
    amounts of small, lightweight pollen grains
    that are usually smooth
    • Here is an example of a multiple-choice question
    asking students to use their knowledge to identify
    types of pollen grain:

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