Name ___KEY______________
Date ___________________ Pd. _________
3. Read the handout “Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination.”
When you are finished reading as a group, answer the questions that follow.
4. What are three ways that pollen can make it from the stamen to the pistil (mode
of transportation???) ____animals, wind, water (rain)______________________
Flowers
In this part of the lab you will examine a flower and make sketches of the flower and
5. Name each part of the flower described.
some of its important parts as well as label them. Then you will read about pollination of
(1) Female part that is sticky or feathery to trap pollen __stigma___.
plants by animals and answer questions pertaining to the reading.
(2) Female part that holds up the stigma __style________________.
1. Sketch the flower, color it, and label the following parts:
(3) Male part that produces pollen _____anther___________________.
Petals, sepal, stamen, anther, filament, pollen, pistil, stigma, style, ovary. Obviously
(4) Female part where the ovules can be found ___ovary___________.
you may not see the ovary or ovules (eggs) but you can judge location .
6. BRIEFLY describe how and why an animal is a pollinator. __It transfers pollen_____
__from one plant to another when it travels to get nectar.___________________
petal
stamen
_______________________________________________________________
7. What do the pollen and egg form? __seed_________
filament
8. Name the part or parts of the bee that do the following:
Anther
with pollen
sepal
(1) Collects nectar ____proboscis______________
(2) Carry pollen ____bristles and tiny baskets on legs__________
style
receptacle
stigma
9. What are the two uses for the petals by animals?
(1) __landing platform for pollinators_______________________
Plants
(2) ___directs pollinators to nectar______________________
also use
2. Look closely at the parts of the flower mounted on the dissecting microscopes. There
is a close-up of the stamen (notice the anther with pollen), a pistil (notice the stigma and
style with pollen on it), and finally, you can view the inside of the ovary. Draw and label
__aroma__________ and __color________
as lures to attract ideal pollinators (ex. The fly is attracted to the “rotten
meat” aroma of the Rafflesia flower and the hummingbird is often attracted
one.
Ovules (eggs)
Inside the ovary
to red flowers)
10. What is natural selection? _Process in which living things become better adapted
__to the environment_______________________________________________
How is the adaptation of animals and plants for successful pollination efficient?
___They always visit the right species__________________
Why can it be dangerous? If something happens to one the other can become extinct.
11. Read the Bee-Free Barbecue activity page and decide what foods would remain.
__None____________________________________
_________________________________________________________