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Plant Reproduction
After a flower is fertilised, it dies, but its ovary grows into a fruit.

Plant Reproduction

Plants reproduce in different ways, from making seeds inside flowers to growing new plants from bulbs or runners. In KS2 Science, pupils learn how life continues.

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Fascinating Fact:

Seeds are protected inside fruits, which can tempt animals to eat them and spread them elsewhere.

In KS2 Science, pupils discover how plants make sure their species survives. Flowers, fruits, seeds, and other structures all play a part in reproduction and dispersal.

  • Pollination: The transfer of pollen from one flower to another, often by insects or wind.
  • Seed dispersal: The spreading of seeds away from the parent plant to grow elsewhere.
  • Germination: The process where a seed begins to grow into a new plant.
What is plant reproduction in KS2 Science?

Plant reproduction is the way plants make new plants. It can happen through flowers making seeds, or by other methods like bulbs and runners.

How do seeds spread to new places?

Seeds spread by wind, water, animals, or even by bursting from pods. This helps plants grow in new areas away from the parent plant.

Why is pollination important for plants?

Pollination is important because it allows plants to produce seeds. Without pollination, most flowering plants could not reproduce successfully.

1 .
How does a flower's scent and bright colour help it to reproduce?
Non-colourful flowers do not produce pollen
Scent and colour attracts people
Scent and colour attracts insects
All of the above
The scent and the colour advertise the flower to insects. The insects go there to get nectar but carry pollen from flower to flower as they do
2 .
Which one of these is not a female part of a flower?
Style
Stigma
Ovary
Stamen
The 'men' in 'stamen' is a helpful reminder that the stamen is a male part of the flower. The stigma, style and ovary together form the carpel, which is female
3 .
Some flowers are pollinated by insects. What do other types of flowers use to pollinate them?
Dying
The wind
Fertilisation
Magic
Plants pollinated by the wind usually have less colourful flowers
4 .
After a flower is fertilised, it dies, but its ovary grows into what?
A new flower
A new plant
A fruit
A herb
Fruits contain the seeds which will be able to grow into new plants
5 .
Seeds cannot stay on the parent plant. What must happen to the seeds in In order for them to grow?
They must be expelled
They must be fertilised
They must be pollinated
They must be dispersed
'Dispersed' means spread over as wide an area as possible
6 .
Pollen grains are contained in which part of a flower?
The anthers
The styles
The petals
The sepals
The anther is part of the stamen
7 .
What is germination?
When a flower is pollinated
When a seed begins to grow
When the seeds leave the parent plant
When the pollen meets the egg
Seeds need warmth, water and a safe place to germinate
8 .
Which of these is not a method of seed dispersal?
Animals eat the fruit, expelling the seeds
The wind blows the seeds away
Insects visit the flower
The seed pod explodes, scattering the seeds
Insects visit the flower during pollination, not dispersal
9 .
Which of these describes fertilisation?
A pollen grain joins with an egg in the flower's ovary
An insect transfers pollen to the stigma
A flower disperses its seeds
The wind blows the pollen grains from the anthers
Cells travel from the pollen to the egg and fertilise it
10 .
Pollen must be transferred to which part of the flower for pollination to occur?
Stigma
Petals
Sepals
Stem
The stigma is the tip of the carpel
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Pollination and seed spreading

Author:  Sheri Smith (PhD English Literature, English Teacher & Quiz Writer)

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